Unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN12 on 31 October 2016 at 16:28 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo and a Volkswagen Bora were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 16:28 on Monday 31 October 2016. The 26-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Bora was 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
- 31 Oct 2016
- Monday, 16:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Berlingo and Volkswagen Bora
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17816, longitude 0.37981, 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
- 2016460129401
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 31 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 April 1994.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 23 April 1994
31 m awayRef 1994461114495
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 13 January 1982
39 m awayRef 1982464100352
Slight
Honda WW125 crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 27 February 2013
87 m awayRef 2013460224668
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 15 July 2023
94 m awayRef 2023461337589
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 29 June 2003
96 m awayRef 200346WK78553
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 4 August 1985
108 m awayRef 1985461308025
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Bora
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Bora)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2016460129401 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.