A228 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 4 May 2012 at 16:05 involving a Nissan Sunny
A motorcycle and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling at 16:05 on Friday 4 May 2012. The 27-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2012
- Friday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Nissan Sunny
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31359, longitude 0.42816, in the ME19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Larkfield, Tonbridge and Malling, ME20 6HG 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
- 2012460213616
- 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
- 228
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2002.
Slight
Scania crash on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling, 12 March 2002
At the same spotRef 200246MA56252
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling, 31 March 2020
11 m awayRef 2020460944008
Slight
Audi Q4 crash on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling, 17 October 2025
12 m awayRef 2025461655875
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling, 16 September 2018
18 m awayRef 2018460332286
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling, 1 May 2006
20 m awayRef 2006460125710
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A228 in Tonbridge and Malling, 19 March 2004
20 m awayRef 200446MA91324
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2012460213616 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 2012.