A228 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 27 June 2013 at 17:16 involving a Volkswagen Caddy van
A Volkswagen Caddy van and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A228 in Tunbridge Wells at 17:16 on Thursday 27 June 2013. The 37-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 2013
- Thursday, 17:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Caddy and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15711, longitude 0.32568, in the TN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pembury & Capel, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4DA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013460229196
- 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
- 228
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 November 2001.
Serious
Daewoo Lanos crash on the A228 in Tunbridge Wells, 20 November 2001
At the same spotRef 200146WK49738
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A228 in Tunbridge Wells, 20 August 2011
At the same spotRef 2011460203948
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2015 in Tunbridge Wells, 14 December 1997
At the same spotRef 199746WK28342
Slight
Fiat Seicento crash on the A228 in Tunbridge Wells, 7 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200346WK79014
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A228 in Tunbridge Wells, 22 October 2001
At the same spotRef 200146WK48326
Serious
Honda CG125B crash on the B2015 in Tunbridge Wells, 8 June 1992
10 m awayRef 1992461107397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2013460229196 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.