A25 crash in Sevenoaks on 21 July 2015 at 17:48 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207, a Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks at 17:48 on Tuesday 21 July 2015. The 17-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207, the 32-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 48-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2015
- Tuesday, 17:48
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 207 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28874, longitude 0.21985, in the TN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seal. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seal and Weald, Sevenoaks, TN15 0BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015460259183
- Council area
- Sevenoaks
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2018.
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 2 September 2018
5 m awayRef 2018460326446
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 31 March 2016
11 m awayRef 2016460055570
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 1000 crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 19 May 2007
14 m awayRef 2007460141708
Slight
Suzuki GS 500 crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 21 September 2005
14 m awayRef 2005460115911
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 30 April 1993
14 m awayRef 1993461210667
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 27 July 2016
18 m awayRef 2016460091975
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2015460259183 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2015.