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A292 crash in Ashford on 3 June 1993 at 20:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A bicycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A292 in Ashford at 20:00 on Thursday 3 June 1993. A 16-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jun 1993
Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14569, longitude 0.87443, in the TN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993461011966
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
292
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
292

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 9 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1993461011966 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 1993.