B2100 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 23 July 2008 at 12:00 involving an Audi A4
A bicycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B2100 in Tunbridge Wells at 12:00 on Wednesday 23 July 2008. The 36-year-old male cyclist 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
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2008
- Wednesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09862, longitude 0.38973, in the TN3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lamberhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rural Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 8JB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460160244
- 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
- 2100
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2100 in Tunbridge Wells, 4 May 2002
14 m awayRef 200246WL57885
Slight
Peugeot 305 crash on the B2100 in Tunbridge Wells, 26 July 1991
94 m awayRef 199146AC44751
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 23 January 2004
106 m awayRef 200446WL88669
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B2100 in Tunbridge Wells, 25 March 1994
135 m awayRef 1994461114218
Slight
Car crash on the B2100 in Tunbridge Wells, 25 July 1979
144 m awayRef 1979464104019
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B2100 in Tunbridge Wells, 14 July 1988
144 m awayRef 198846AC07358
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2008460160244 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.