A26 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 22 August 2010 at 02:00 involving a Fiat Punto
A bicycle and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells at 02:00 on Sunday 22 August 2010. The 18-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2010
- Sunday, 02:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1285, longitude 0.26207, in the TN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Tunbridge Wells. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1JN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010460189942
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 26
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2016.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B2023 in Tunbridge Wells, 28 August 2016
12 m awayRef 2016460101699
Slight
Van crash on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells, 8 June 1996
20 m awayRef 199646WK22445
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2023 in Tunbridge Wells, 25 March 2006
20 m awayRef 2006460123789
Slight
Car crash on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells, 24 November 1989
28 m awayRef 198946AC12869
Slight
Car crash on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells, 7 February 2001
28 m awayRef 200146WK37277
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells, 17 November 2010
28 m awayRef 2010460193910
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 18, 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 2010460189942 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 2010.