B2017 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 9 September 2023 at 16:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car, a Ford Fiesta and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B2017 in Tunbridge Wells at 16:15 on Saturday 9 September 2023. The 48-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 2023
- Saturday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18629, longitude 0.31183, in the TN11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023461362653
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2017
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 23 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 October 1992.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2017 in Tunbridge Wells, 5 October 1992
23 m awayRef 1992461108539
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2017 in Tunbridge Wells, 7 April 1995
42 m awayRef 199546WK18212
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B2017 in Tunbridge Wells, 23 March 1979
60 m awayRef 1979464101539
Serious
Lorry crash on the B2017 in Tunbridge Wells, 18 December 1987
82 m awayRef 1987461314887
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the B2017 in Tunbridge Wells, 29 March 2018
100 m awayRef 2018460330065
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B2017 in Tunbridge Wells, 14 October 2000
123 m awayRef 200046WK31218
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2023461362653 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 2023.