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Unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN12 on 25 March 2008 at 18:00 involving a Seat Leon

A Seat Leon, a Honda Civic and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 18:00 on Tuesday 25 March 2008. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Seat Leon, a 19-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic and the 20-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 2008
Tuesday, 18:00
Vehicles
3
Seat Leon and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17959, longitude 0.38433, in the TN12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paddock Wood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Paddock Wood, Tunbridge Wells, TN12 6JU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008460155243
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South 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
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

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 2008460155243 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 2008.