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Unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN2 on 29 August 2007 at 13:45 involving a Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle

A Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 13:45 on Wednesday 29 August 2007. The 42-year-old male rider of the Piaggio New Skipper motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Aug 2007
Wednesday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Piaggio New Skipper and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15669, longitude 0.29234, in the TN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Tunbridge Wells. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells, TN11 0QD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460146052
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio New Skipper

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North 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
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio New Skipper)

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 2007460146052 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 2007.