B2015 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 1 July 2016 at 18:37 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A car and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B2015 in Tonbridge and Malling at 18:37 on Friday 1 July 2016. The 41-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2016
- Friday, 18:37
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25509, longitude 0.42271, in the ME18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wateringbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury, Tonbridge and Malling, ME18 5DH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460083909
- Council area
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2015
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 26
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2023.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B2015 in Tonbridge and Malling, 24 May 2023
11 m awayRef 2023461317802
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 6 July 1995
23 m awayRef 199546MA19005
Serious
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the B2015 in Tonbridge and Malling, 7 October 2005
27 m awayRef 2005460116370
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B2015 in Tonbridge and Malling, 27 May 2004
36 m awayRef 200446MA95392
Slight
Van crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 28 April 1993
37 m awayRef 1993461310899
Slight
Honda crash on the A26 in Tonbridge and Malling, 19 November 2001
37 m awayRef 200146MA51364
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016460083909 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 2016.