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Serious unclassified road crash in Tonbridge and Malling ME5 on 29 December 2016 at 16:52 involving a Kawasaki EX 650 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX 650 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling at 16:52 on Thursday 29 December 2016. The 27-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki EX 650 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 2016
Thursday, 16:52
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki EX 650 and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.33518, longitude 0.50314, in the ME5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aylesford North & North Downs, Tonbridge and Malling, ME5 9PE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460142750
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX 650

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    649 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX 650)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2016460142750 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.