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Serious A2070 crash in Ashford on 8 February 1994 at 16:00 involving a Datsun Cherry

A Datsun Cherry and a Zastava Yugo were involved in a crash on the A2070 in Ashford at 16:00 on Tuesday 8 February 1994. The 61-year-old male driver of the Zastava Yugo was seriously 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
Serious
Date
8 Feb 1994
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Datsun Cherry and Zastava Yugo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1373, longitude 0.86805, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994461015235
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2070
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
2070

Pedestrian crossing information

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

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 6 March 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Zastava Yugo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Zastava Yugo)

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 1994461015235 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 1994.