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A229 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 22 June 2001 at 22:50 involving a Fiat Ducato

A Fiat Ducato and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells at 22:50 on Friday 22 June 2001. The male driver of the Fiat Ducato, a male passenger in the Fiat Ducato and the 28-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jun 2001
Friday, 22:50
Vehicles
2
Fiat Ducato and Fiat Punto
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04736, longitude 0.5098, in the TN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hawkhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden, Tunbridge Wells, TN18 4BL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200146WL42783
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
229
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
268

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Ducato

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Ducato)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Ducato)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200146WL42783 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tunbridge Wells road accident statistics for 2001.