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A20 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 19 July 2005 at 21:15 involving a Fiat Brava

A Fiat Brava and a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling at 21:15 on Tuesday 19 July 2005. The 21-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jul 2005
Tuesday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Fiat Brava and Suzuki GSXR 750
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29877, longitude 0.44459, 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 6NF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460113052
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
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Brava

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSXR 750

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSXR 750)

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 2005460113052 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.