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B2169 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 24 February 2025 at 10:39 involving a Honda Insight

A Honda Insight and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the B2169 in Tunbridge Wells at 10:39 on Monday 24 February 2025. The 66-year-old female driver of the Honda Insight, the 52-year-old female driver of the Ford Kuga and a 37-year-old female passenger in the Honda Insight were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 2025
Monday, 10:39
Vehicles
2
Honda Insight and Ford Kuga
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11605, longitude 0.26479, 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 5HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461558294
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
2169
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Insight

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,339 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Over 100 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Insight)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Over 100 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Insight)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025461558294 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 2025.