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Serious A21 crash in Sevenoaks on 29 December 2016 at 14:05 involving a Volkswagen Tiguan

A Volkswagen Tiguan and a London Taxis Int. Txii were involved in a crash on the A21 in Sevenoaks at 14:05 on Thursday 29 December 2016. A 14-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan was seriously injured and the 61-year-old male driver of the London Taxis Int. Txii and a 14-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Tiguan were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 2016
Thursday, 14:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Tiguan and London Taxis Int. Txii
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26797, longitude 0.16694, in the TN14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016460146707
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
21
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Tiguan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: London Taxis Int. Txii

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (London Taxis Int. Txii)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Tiguan)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2016460146707 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2016.