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A229 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 9 March 2002 at 16:10 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Suzuki AY 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells at 16:10 on Saturday 9 March 2002. The 17-year-old male rider of the Suzuki AY 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 2002
Saturday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Suzuki AY 50
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10898, longitude 0.54671, in the TN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sissinghurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden, Tunbridge Wells, TN17 2HU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200246WL55404
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki AY 50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki AY 50)

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 200246WL55404 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.