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Serious B2229 crash in Ashford on 12 January 1990 at 16:10 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on the B2229 in Ashford at 16:10 on Friday 12 January 1990. A 10-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 1990
Friday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13973, longitude 0.85333, in the TN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046DA00290
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
2229
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights unlit
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 21 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199046DA00290 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 1990.