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Fatal unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN2 on 27 August 2020 at 11:39 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Honda VFR800F motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 11:39 on Thursday 27 August 2020. The 33-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR800F motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Aug 2020
Thursday, 11:39
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Honda VFR800F
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1443, longitude 0.31375, in the TN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pembury & Capel, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4QN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020460976223
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    2,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda VFR800F

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda VFR800F)

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 2020460976223 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 2020.