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Serious unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN2 on 5 August 2019 at 07:15 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle

A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 07:15 on Monday 5 August 2019. The 21-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Aug 2019
Monday, 07:15
Vehicles
1
Honda GLR 125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15593, longitude 0.30471, in the TN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells, TN11 0QD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019460914282
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2019460914282 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 2019.