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Serious unclassified road crash in Tonbridge and Malling ME19 on 21 December 2024 at 08:01 involving a Mercedes Cla Class

A Mercedes Cla Class and a Volvo XC40 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tonbridge and Malling at 08:01 on Saturday 21 December 2024. The 37-year-old female driver of the Volvo XC40 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 2024
Saturday, 08:01
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Cla Class and Volvo XC40
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27256, longitude 0.39352, in the ME19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kings Hill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kings Hill, Tonbridge and Malling, ME19 4DG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024461533265
Council area
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 139 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Cla Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo XC40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC40)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2024461533265 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 2024.