A25 crash in Sevenoaks on 26 February 2024 at 18:53 involving a Suzuki GSXR motorcycle
A car and a Suzuki GSXR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks at 18:53 on Monday 26 February 2024. The 26-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 2024
- Monday, 18:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Suzuki GSXR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27913, longitude 0.13444, in the TN14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sundridge.
Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024461414337
- Council area
- Sevenoaks
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 25
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2024.
Slight
Royal Enfield Interceptor crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 6 September 2024
32 m awayRef 2024461488170
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Sevenoaks, 25 February 1980
34 m awayRef 1980464201060
Slight
Car crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 18 November 1980
34 m awayRef 1980464207660
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 28 July 2003
44 m awayRef 200346WK82235
Slight
Car crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 29 January 1986
66 m awayRef 1986463300796
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A25 in Sevenoaks, 13 February 2023
79 m awayRef 2023461278177
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSXR
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSXR)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024461414337 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2024.