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A229 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 28 February 2002 at 09:20 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 crashed on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells at 09:20 on Thursday 28 February 2002. The 51-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 2002
Thursday, 09:20
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 406
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0912, longitude 0.52032, in the TN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden, Tunbridge Wells, TN17 3QS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200246WL54556
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

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 200246WL54556 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 2002.