Serious B2176 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 28 February 2025 at 08:56 involving a Mercedes A Class
Two Mercedes A Class cars and a car were involved in a crash on the B2176 in Tunbridge Wells at 08:56 on Friday 28 February 2025. The 59-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Feb 2025
- Friday, 08:56
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes A Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16896, longitude 0.211, in the TN3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025461559345
- 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
- 2176
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1995.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B2176 in Tunbridge Wells, 28 November 1995
19 m awayRef 199546WK20869
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B2176 in Tunbridge Wells, 7 July 2019
97 m awayRef 2019460857975
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B2176 in Tunbridge Wells, 31 January 2011
103 m awayRef 2011460196432
Serious
Car crash on the B2176 in Tunbridge Wells, 13 July 1998
179 m awayRef 199846WK30546
Serious
Car crash on the B2176 in Tunbridge Wells, 2 March 1987
202 m awayRef 1987461301847
Slight
Kia Pride crash on the B2176 in Tunbridge Wells, 2 March 1998
232 m awayRef 199846WK29276
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2025461559345 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.