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Serious A25 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 27 March 2009 at 19:50 involving a Volvo V40

A Volvo V40 and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on the A25 in Tonbridge and Malling at 19:50 on Friday 27 March 2009. The 40-year-old female driver of the Volvo V40 was seriously injured and the 52-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Defender and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Defender were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Mar 2009
Friday, 19:50
Vehicles
2
Volvo V40 and Land Rover Defender
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28578, longitude 0.28155, in the TN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ightham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pilgrims with Ightham, Tonbridge and Malling, TN15 9HH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009460170296
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
25
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo V40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V40)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Defender)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Defender)

    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 2009460170296 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 2009.