B2085 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 28 August 2006 at 16:56 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on the B2085 in Tunbridge Wells at 16:56 on Monday 28 August 2006. The 21-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2006
- Monday, 16:56
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09056, longitude 0.50828, in the TN17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden, Tunbridge Wells, TN17 3QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006460130860
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2085
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2014.
Slight
Van crash on the B2085 in Tunbridge Wells, 21 February 2014
22 m awayRef 2014460238463
Slight
Car crash on the B2085 in Tunbridge Wells, 25 October 2015
72 m awayRef 2015460263222
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2085 in Tunbridge Wells, 19 March 1981
78 m awayRef 1981464101551
Slight
Car crash on the B2085 in Tunbridge Wells, 16 November 1989
78 m awayRef 198946AC12669
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B2085 in Tunbridge Wells, 14 December 2015
85 m awayRef 2015460265049
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B2085 in Tunbridge Wells, 6 May 2010
98 m awayRef 2010460186119
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2006460130860 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 2006.