M20 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 13 November 2008 at 20:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the M20 in Tonbridge and Malling at 20:00 on Thursday 13 November 2008. A 39-year-old male pedestrian hit by vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Nov 2008
- Thursday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30697, longitude 0.35162, in the ME19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460164846
- Council area
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 20
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 29 October 2025
24 m awayRef 2025461660898
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the M20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 15 August 1998
36 m awayRef 199846MA31010
Fatal
Fiat Punto crash on the M20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 15 December 2005
63 m awayRef 2005460119942
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the M20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 3 March 1996
64 m awayRef 199646MA21487
Slight
HGV crash on the M20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 24 October 2001
98 m awayRef 200146MA48804
Slight
Vehicle crash on the M20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 25 April 2005
102 m awayRef 2005460109480
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 39, hit by vehicle 2 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2008460164846 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.