Unclassified road crash in Tonbridge and Malling TN9 on 23 April 2011 at 13:55 involving a Volkswagen Beetle
A Volkswagen Beetle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling at 13:55 on Saturday 23 April 2011. A 14-year-old male pedestrian 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 Apr 2011
- Saturday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Beetle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19168, longitude 0.27403, in the TN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tonbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cage Green & Angel, Tonbridge and Malling, TN9 1GF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011460199417
- Council area
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2011.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling, 20 December 2011
22 m awayRef 2011460208502
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling, 19 June 1982
30 m awayRef 1982461304712
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling, 26 October 1985
70 m awayRef 1985461211785
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling, 14 March 2016
76 m awayRef 2016460052279
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling, 6 June 1999
76 m awayRef 199946WK02202
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling, 5 December 1991
76 m awayRef 199146AB57111
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2011460199417 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 2011.