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M20 crash in Folkestone and Hythe on 24 February 1990 at 10:25 involving a Mitsubishi Space Wagon

A Mitsubishi Space Wagon and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the M20 in Folkestone and Hythe at 10:25 on Saturday 24 February 1990. A 6-year-old male passenger in the Mitsubishi Space Wagon, a 2-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi Space Wagon and the 38-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Space Wagon were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 1990
Saturday, 10:25
Vehicles
2
Mitsubishi Space Wagon and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09162, longitude 1.08318, in the CT21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Folkestone and Hythe

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199046DC01360
Council area
Folkestone and Hythe
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Space Wagon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,755 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Space Wagon)

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 199046DC01360 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Folkestone and Hythe road accident statistics for 1990.