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Serious A262 crash in Ashford on 27 March 1982 at 15:00 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A262 in Ashford at 15:00 on Saturday 27 March 1982. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 20-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Mar 1982
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10004, longitude 0.66804, in the TN30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982467101702
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
262
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1982467101702 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Ashford road accident statistics for 1982.