Witnesses Sought After Kent Police Vehicle Collides With E-Bike in Tonbridge, Boy Seriously Hurt

Kent Police is appealing for witnesses after one of its own vehicles was involved in a serious collision with an e-bike in Tonbridge, leaving a boy of secondary school age with a serious leg injury.

At around 3.20am on Monday 26 October 2026, officers were driving in Lodge Oak Lane when the collision happened near the junction with The Wynd. The e-bike was carrying two riders, a man and a boy of secondary school age. Both were injured and given first aid by the attending officers at the scene.

The boy was taken to a local hospital with a serious leg injury, where he remains in a stable condition.

Because the collision involved a police vehicle, a mandatory referral has been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, the body that oversees how police use their powers.

Officers from Kent Police's Serious Collision Investigation Unit are carrying out enquiries and want to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision, or who saw the vehicles beforehand. Anyone with information is asked to call 01622 798538 or email sciu.td@kent.police.uk, quoting reference XX/LB/086/26. CCTV or dashcam footage can also be submitted to Kent Police online.

Source: Kent Police, "Witnesses sought to serious collision in Tonbridge".