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A20 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 30 April 2008 at 19:51 involving a Volkswagen Caddy

A Volkswagen Caddy and a Vauxhall Astravan were involved in a crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling at 19:51 on Wednesday 30 April 2008. The 39-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2008
Wednesday, 19:51
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Caddy and Vauxhall Astravan
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30236, longitude 0.39256, in the ME19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh, Tonbridge and Malling, ME19 5LE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008460157412
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astravan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Caddy)

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 2008460157412 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 2008.