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A2070 crash in Ashford on 20 February 1990 at 10:30 involving a Leyland DAF 200 lorry

A Leyland DAF 200 lorry and a Renault 20 were involved in a crash on the A2070 in Ashford at 10:30 on Tuesday 20 February 1990. The 19-year-old male driver of the Renault 20 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 1990
Tuesday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF 200 and Renault 20
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06322, longitude 0.85576, in the TN26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046DA01450
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2070
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF 200

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 20

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 20)

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 199046DA01450 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.