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Unclassified road crash in Tunbridge Wells TN1 on 21 December 2025 at 03:10 involving a Hyundai Ioniq taxi

A Hyundai Ioniq taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Tunbridge Wells at 03:10 on Sunday 21 December 2025. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2025
Sunday, 03:10
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Ioniq
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12913, longitude 0.26097, in the TN1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1JN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tunbridge Wells

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025461686149
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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
A
Second road number
26

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Ioniq

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Ioniq)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2025461686149 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.