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A229 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 3 September 2004 at 14:00 involving a MAN lorry

A MAN lorry and a Daihatsu Charade were involved in a crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells at 14:00 on Friday 3 September 2004. The 65-year-old male driver of the Daihatsu Charade was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Sep 2004
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
MAN and Daihatsu Charade
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10794, longitude 0.54494, in the TN17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden, Tunbridge Wells, TN17 2HU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446WL99569
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
229
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
229

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MAN

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daihatsu Charade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    989 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daihatsu Charade)

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 200446WL99569 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.