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Serious unclassified road crash in Sevenoaks BR8 on 3 September 2007 at 19:20 involving a BMW M3

A BMW M3 crashed on an unclassified road in Sevenoaks at 19:20 on Monday 3 September 2007. The 21-year-old male driver and a 22-year-old male passenger were seriously injured and a 19-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Sep 2007
Monday, 19:20
Vehicles
1
BMW M3
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40509, longitude 0.18928, in the BR8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hextable, Sevenoaks, BR8 7WS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460146178
Council area
Sevenoaks
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
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
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, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW M3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    3,201 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW M3)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW M3)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW M3)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2007460146178 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2007.