Unclassified road crash in Tonbridge and Malling TN15 on 11 September 2018 at 13:47 involving a Land Rover Defender
A Land Rover Defender and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling at 13:47 on Tuesday 11 September 2018. The 46-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2018
- Tuesday, 13:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Defender and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26368, longitude 0.27997, in the TN15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018460330593
- Council area
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 serious injury crash on 19 August 2001.
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A227 in Tonbridge and Malling, 19 August 2001
6 m awayRef 200146WK45424
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A227 in Tonbridge and Malling, 20 September 2001
6 m awayRef 200146WK47652
Serious
Porsche 944 crash on the A227 in Tonbridge and Malling, 26 May 1991
6 m awayRef 199146AB39921
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A227 in Tonbridge and Malling, 3 July 2014
10 m awayRef 2014460244021
Serious
Audi A6 crash on the A227 in Tonbridge and Malling, 16 August 2009
16 m awayRef 2009460175987
Slight
Renault Captur crash on the A227 in Tonbridge and Malling, 3 June 2025
19 m awayRef 2025461598220
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2018460330593 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 2018.