B2160 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 24 January 2014 at 11:30 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the B2160 in Tunbridge Wells at 11:30 on Friday 24 January 2014. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jan 2014
- Friday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18241, longitude 0.38677, in the TN12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paddock Wood. It is one of the crashes that make up the Paddock Wood, Tunbridge Wells, TN12 6JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014460237314
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2160
- 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, 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2160 in Tunbridge Wells, 19 January 2020
11 m awayRef 2020460931644
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2160 in Tunbridge Wells, 7 August 2021
34 m awayRef 2021461078438
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B2160 in Tunbridge Wells, 23 July 2025
56 m awayRef 2025461619922
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 3 September 2012
82 m awayRef 2012460218115
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2160 in Tunbridge Wells, 3 September 1995
91 m awayRef 199546WK19609
Serious
Car crash on the B2160 in Tunbridge Wells, 14 April 1987
91 m awayRef 1987461303337
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
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 2014460237314 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 2014.