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Fatal A228 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 20 July 2005 at 08:20 involving a Honda CB1300F motorcycle

A Honda CB1300F motorcycle crashed on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling at 08:20 on Wednesday 20 July 2005. The 36-year-old male rider was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Jul 2005
Wednesday, 08:20
Vehicles
1
Honda CB1300F
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20838, longitude 0.39699, in the TN12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury, Tonbridge and Malling, TN12 6QQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460113023
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
228
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
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB1300F

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,384 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB1300F)

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 2005460113023 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.