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Serious M20 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 10 November 2018 at 05:13 involving a minibus

Two minibuses and a car were involved in a crash on the M20 in Tonbridge and Malling at 05:13 on Saturday 10 November 2018. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Nov 2018
Saturday, 05:13
Vehicles
3
Minibus and 2 others
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29675, longitude 0.4964, in the ME16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boxley Downs, Maidstone, ME20 7AG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018460347254
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
20
Road type
Slip road
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    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
    54 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most 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 2018460347254 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.