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Serious A262 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 6 November 2004 at 18:33 involving a Peugeot 309

A Peugeot 309 hit a pedestrian on the A262 in Tunbridge Wells at 18:33 on Saturday 6 November 2004. A 65-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Nov 2004
Saturday, 18:33
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 309
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11292, longitude 0.45906, in the TN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Goudhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rural Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, TN17 1EX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446WL01758
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
262
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
2079

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200446WL01758 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 2004.