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A262 crash in Tunbridge Wells on 8 May 2025 at 10:10 involving a Volkswagen Urban

A Volkswagen Urban, a Volkswagen Golf and an Audi A5 were involved in a crash on the A262 in Tunbridge Wells at 10:10 on Thursday 8 May 2025. The 84-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Urban and the 76-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 2025
Thursday, 10:10
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Urban and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11206, longitude 0.45712, in the TN17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Goudhurst. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rural Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, TN17 1EX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461587223
Council area
Tunbridge Wells
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
262
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
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
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Urban

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    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
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 3: Audi A5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    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 age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Urban)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2025461587223 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.