A20 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 24 September 2021 at 07:50 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a Seat Ateca were involved in a crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling at 07:50 on Friday 24 September 2021. The 33-year-old female driver of the Seat Ateca and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Seat Ateca were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Sep 2021
- Friday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and Seat Ateca
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29854, longitude 0.44291, in the ME20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Larkfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Larkfield, Tonbridge and Malling, ME20 6NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021461092831
- Council area
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 20
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Other
- 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 1 September 2001.
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 1 September 2001
6 m awayRef 200146MA46212
Slight
BMW M1 crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 16 May 2025
9 m awayRef 2025461591386
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 18 May 2018
12 m awayRef 2018460296600
Slight
Honda NSC crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 30 August 2024
14 m awayRef 2024461485418
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 26 May 2012
15 m awayRef 2012460214196
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 3 September 1993
16 m awayRef 1993461312436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Seat Ateca
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ateca)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ateca)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2021461092831 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 2021.