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Serious unclassified road crash in Tonbridge and Malling ME20 on 23 May 2005 at 19:30 involving a Peugeot 307

A motorcycle and a Peugeot 307 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling at 19:30 on Monday 23 May 2005. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 May 2005
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Peugeot 307
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30494, longitude 0.43315, in the ME20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Larkfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Larkfield, Tonbridge and Malling, ME20 6HG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460110518
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Unclassified

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 2005460110518 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.