A25 crash in Sevenoaks on 3 September 2018 at 14:45 involving a Kawasaki ZR1000 motorcycle
A Kawasaki ZR1000 motorcycle, a Yamaha MT10 motorcycle and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks at 14:45 on Monday 3 September 2018. The 29-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZR1000 motorcycle and the 54-year-old female driver of the Citroen C1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2018
- Monday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Kawasaki ZR1000 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27505, longitude 0.10238, in the TN16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brasted. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge, Sevenoaks, TN16 1LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460327042
- Council area
- Sevenoaks
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 2019.
Slight
Jaguar XE Series crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 12 November 2019
6 m awayRef 2019460899203
Slight
Peugeot 108 crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 8 February 2017
7 m awayRef 2017460155604
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 23 January 2014
11 m awayRef 2014460237458
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 6 June 2000
30 m awayRef 200046WK25277
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 8 July 2015
41 m awayRef 2015460258724
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 10 October 1995
44 m awayRef 199546WK19924
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZR1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha MT10
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZR1000)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C1)
- 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 2018460327042 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 2018.