A229 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 31 May 2013 at 10:06 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry hit a pedestrian on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells at 10:06 on Friday 31 May 2013. A 38-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2013
- Friday, 10:06
- Vehicles
- 1
- DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04744, longitude 0.50995, in the TN18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hawkhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden, Tunbridge Wells, TN18 4BL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013460228155
- 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
- 229
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 268
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2019.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A268 in Tunbridge Wells, 24 December 2019
5 m awayRef 2019460915265
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells, 30 June 2006
10 m awayRef 2006460128500
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A268 in Tunbridge Wells, 9 August 2013
10 m awayRef 2013460230893
Serious
MG Metro crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells, 16 April 1994
14 m awayRef 1994461114459
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A269 in Tunbridge Wells, 24 April 2009
14 m awayRef 2009460171399
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells, 22 June 2001
14 m awayRef 200146WL42783
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 2013460228155 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 2013.