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A26 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 30 May 2022 at 00:23 involving a Skoda Superb

A Skoda Superb crashed on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells at 00:23 on Monday 30 May 2022. The 16-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 May 2022
Monday, 00:23
Vehicles
1
Skoda Superb
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12607, longitude 0.25703, in the TN2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Royal Tunbridge Wells. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 5QY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022461189900
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
26
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2022461189900 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 2022.