A20 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 5 July 2013 at 17:32 involving a Fiat Punto
A car and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling at 17:32 on Friday 5 July 2013. The 21-year-old female driver of the car and the 22-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2013
- Friday, 17:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29963, longitude 0.45095, in the ME20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Larkfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Larkfield, Tonbridge and Malling, ME20 6NF 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
- 2013460229511
- 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
- 20
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 February 2016.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 27 February 2016
5 m awayRef 2016460048864
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 15 October 2010
10 m awayRef 2010460192475
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 20 June 2006
10 m awayRef 2006460128929
Slight
Piaggio crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 13 March 2007
14 m awayRef 2007460139064
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 18 November 2021
14 m awayRef 2021461114422
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 23 February 2023
16 m awayRef 2023461281179
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
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 2013460229511 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 2013.