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Serious A227 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 21 December 2016 at 18:40 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A227 in Tonbridge and Malling at 18:40 on Wednesday 21 December 2016. A 79-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2016
Wednesday, 18:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.28716, longitude 0.28652, in the TN15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ightham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pilgrims with Ightham, Tonbridge and Malling, TN15 9HH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460144192
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
227
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2016460144192 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.