B2173 crash in Sevenoaks on 13 July 2025 at 18:37 involving a Hyundai i20
A Hyundai i20, a Mercedes Gla Class and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the B2173 in Sevenoaks at 18:37 on Sunday 13 July 2025. The 41-year-old female driver of the Hyundai i20, a 10-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i20 and a 12-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i20 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2025
- Sunday, 18:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Hyundai i20 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40548, longitude 0.15791, in the BR8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Swanley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Swanley St Mary's, Sevenoaks, BR8 7QE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025461615531
- Council area
- Sevenoaks
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2173
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 1993.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B2173 in Bexley, 8 August 1993
3 m awayRef 199301PN00284
Slight
Car crash on the B2173 in Bexley, 22 July 1984
13 m awayRef 198401RY00563
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the B2173 in Sevenoaks, 3 June 2021
16 m awayRef 2021461054526
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B2173 in Sevenoaks, 4 February 2006
17 m awayRef 2006460121574
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B2173 in Sevenoaks, 21 December 2012
17 m awayRef 2012460222732
Slight
Morris Mini crash on the B2173 in Bexley, 3 June 1993
17 m awayRef 199301PN00199
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i20
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Gla Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Emergency vehicle (blue light) on response
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i20)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i20)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i20)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2025461615531 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2025.