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Serious unclassified road crash in Tonbridge and Malling TN10 on 28 April 2009 at 12:06 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling at 12:06 on Tuesday 28 April 2009. A 93-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Apr 2009
Tuesday, 12:06
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21609, longitude 0.28125, in the TN10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tonbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trench, Tonbridge and Malling, TN10 3PW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009460171471
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 93, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 2009460171471 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.