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Serious A25 crash in Sevenoaks on 17 February 2012 at 19:49 involving a Land Rover Freelander

A Land Rover Freelander hit a pedestrian on the A25 in Sevenoaks at 19:49 on Friday 17 February 2012. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Feb 2012
Friday, 19:49
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Freelander
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27816, longitude 0.12746, in the TN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sundridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge, Sevenoaks, TN14 6AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012460210686
Council area
Sevenoaks
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    2,179 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)

    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 2012460210686 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2012.