Unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN2 on 15 May 2025 at 15:58 involving a Ford Ranger van
A Ford Ranger van and a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 15:58 on Thursday 15 May 2025. The 28-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque was 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
- 15 May 2025
- Thursday, 15:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Ranger and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12355, longitude 0.25105, 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 5QY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025461590480
- Council area
- Tunbridge Wells
- 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
- Urban
- 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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 June 2000.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells, 22 June 2000
8 m awayRef 200046WK26202
Slight
Volkswagen Vento crash on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells, 9 February 2001
8 m awayRef 200146WK37445
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 50 crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 13 December 1996
8 m awayRef 199646WK24624
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A26 in Tunbridge Wells, 1 December 2001
36 m awayRef 200146WK50774
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 20 November 1987
48 m awayRef 1987461313567
Slight
Scooter crash on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells, 20 August 1988
48 m awayRef 198846AC08958
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Ranger
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025461590480 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.