B2086 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 23 May 2003 at 10:25 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and an ERF lorry were involved in a crash on the B2086 in Tunbridge Wells at 10:25 on Friday 23 May 2003. The 18-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2003
- Friday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and ERF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07944, longitude 0.54409, in the TN17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200346WL77200
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2086
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2014.
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B2086 in Tunbridge Wells, 25 December 2014
54 m awayRef 2014460251414
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B2086 in Tunbridge Wells, 12 February 2020
67 m awayRef 2020460942578
Slight
Volvo crash on the B2086 in Tunbridge Wells, 1 June 2011
112 m awayRef 2011460201025
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B2086 in Tunbridge Wells, 21 July 2013
149 m awayRef 2013460230140
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Land Rover Discovery crash on the B2086 in Tunbridge Wells, 29 July 2014
184 m awayRef 2014460245108
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B2086 in Tunbridge Wells, 17 September 2001
208 m awayRef 200146WL46436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: ERF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,824 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
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 200346WL77200 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 2003.