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Serious unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN17 on 22 June 2012 at 17:34 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA crashed on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 17:34 on Friday 22 June 2012. The 56-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jun 2012
Friday, 17:34
Vehicles
1
Ford KA
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.111, longitude 0.45638, in the TN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Goudhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rural Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, TN17 1EX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012460215526
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
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
Rural
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 with 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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

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 2012460215526 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 2012.