M26 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 26 April 2014 at 06:19 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on the M26 in Tonbridge and Malling at 06:19 on Saturday 26 April 2014. A 46-year-old female passenger in the car and an 11-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2014
- Saturday, 06:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30439, longitude 0.34589, in the TN15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Borough Green & Platt, Tonbridge and Malling, TN15 7RS 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
- 2014460241002
- Council area
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 26
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2006.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the M26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 12 September 2006
10 m awayRef 2006460130948
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the M26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 22 March 2000
10 m awayRef 200046WK15798
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 15 May 2009
10 m awayRef 2009460172227
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling, 7 December 2005
10 m awayRef 2005460119572
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 8 August 2006
20 m awayRef 2006460130212
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the M26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 29 January 2021
30 m awayRef 2021461025166
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2014460241002 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 2014.