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Unclassified road crash in Sevenoaks BR8 on 19 August 2017 at 04:45 involving a Volvo S80

A Volvo S80 and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sevenoaks at 04:45 on Saturday 19 August 2017. The 30-year-old male driver of the Volvo S80 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Aug 2017
Saturday, 04:45
Vehicles
2
Volvo S80 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41361, longitude 0.17928, in the BR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hextable. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hextable, Sevenoaks, BR8 7WS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017460215763
Council area
Sevenoaks
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
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo S80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S80)

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 2017460215763 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 2017.