B2162 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 3 March 2018 at 20:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a BMW 1 Series and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the B2162 in Tunbridge Wells at 20:00 on Saturday 3 March 2018. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 21-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series and a 21-year-old male passenger in the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 2018
- Saturday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13895, longitude 0.42881, in the TN12 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460281127
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2162
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2017.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 18 March 2017
1 m awayRef 2017460166172
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B2162 in Tunbridge Wells, 24 November 2017
1 m awayRef 2017460246743
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B2162 in Tunbridge Wells, 18 January 2018
2 m awayRef 2018460261599
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 15 April 2018
2 m awayRef 2018460302690
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the B2162 in Tunbridge Wells, 15 September 2016
3 m awayRef 2016460112027
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the B2162 in Tunbridge Wells, 17 July 2025
3 m awayRef 2025461640556
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018460281127 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 2018.