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A26 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 27 May 2004 at 18:47 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling at 18:47 on Thursday 27 May 2004. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 2004
Thursday, 18:47
Vehicles
2
Citroen Saxo and Audi A3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25503, longitude 0.42435, in the ME18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wateringbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury, Tonbridge and Malling, ME18 5DH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446MA94362
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
26
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200446MA94362 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 2004.