B2244 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 31 October 2016 at 09:38 involving a Peugeot Boxer van
A Peugeot Boxer van and a Lexus IS200 were involved in a crash on the B2244 in Tunbridge Wells at 09:38 on Monday 31 October 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2016
- Monday, 09:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Boxer and Lexus IS200
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02627, longitude 0.50721, in the TN18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016460124764
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2244
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 March 2020.
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the B2244 in Tunbridge Wells, 9 March 2020
2 m awayRef 2020460949587
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells, 29 April 2007
2 m awayRef 2007460140925
Serious
Citroen C1 crash on the B2244 in Tunbridge Wells, 6 June 2015
2 m awayRef 2015460257442
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B2244 in Tunbridge Wells, 22 April 2021
2 m awayRef 2021461127548
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells, 11 March 1998
2 m awayRef 199846WL03465
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A229 in Tunbridge Wells, 3 June 2004
2 m awayRef 200446WL94734
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Lexus IS200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus IS200)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus IS200)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus IS200)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lexus IS200)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016460124764 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 2016.