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A26 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 21 August 2004 at 11:00 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling at 11:00 on Saturday 21 August 2004. A 77-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus, a 16-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Aug 2004
Saturday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Volkswagen Transporter
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25629, longitude 0.41983, 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
200446MA98667
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
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 200446MA98667 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.