A26 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 4 February 2005 at 12:30 involving a Ford Mondeo
A bicycle and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling at 12:30 on Friday 4 February 2005. A 44-year-old male passenger on the bicycle was 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
- 4 Feb 2005
- Friday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18607, longitude 0.26632, in the TN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tonbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vauxhall, Tonbridge and Malling, TN9 2QZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005460106125
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2017.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling, 19 April 2017
11 m awayRef 2017460175610
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 18 June 2018
14 m awayRef 2018460304992
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 7 March 2013
28 m awayRef 2013460224967
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 11 September 1986
36 m awayRef 1986461210066
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 13 June 1980
36 m awayRef 1980461304440
Slight
BMW X1 crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 18 May 2024
39 m awayRef 2024461444784
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 44, cyclist, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2005460106125 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 2005.