A20 crash in Tonbridge and Malling on 24 August 2023 at 12:38 involving a Mercedes A Class
A car and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling at 12:38 on Thursday 24 August 2023. The 33-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Aug 2023
- Thursday, 12:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29911, longitude 0.40944, in the ME19 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Malling.
Map of where the crash happened in Tonbridge and Malling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023461354309
- Council area
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2014.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 21 June 2014
13 m awayRef 2014460243544
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 10 November 1989
31 m awayRef 198946AB12509
Slight
Car crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 3 May 1987
31 m awayRef 1987461204307
Slight
Car crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 16 November 1979
31 m awayRef 1979461209619
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 23 June 2006
35 m awayRef 2006460128038
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A20 in Tonbridge and Malling, 31 October 1992
42 m awayRef 1992461308925
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023461354309 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 2023.