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C road crash in Tonbridge and Malling ME19 on 16 July 2003 at 23:30 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle

A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle crashed on a C road in Tonbridge and Malling at 23:30 on Wednesday 16 July 2003. The 21-year-old male rider and a 22-year-old female passenger 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 junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jul 2003
Wednesday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Suzuki SV 650
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29118, longitude 0.40718, in the ME19 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Malling. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Malling, West Malling & Offham, Tonbridge and Malling, ME19 6HN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200346MA79710
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    645 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)

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 200346MA79710 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tonbridge and Malling road accident statistics for 2003.