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A28 crash in Ashford on 5 February 1994 at 20:00 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts were involved in a crash on the A28 in Ashford at 20:00 on Saturday 5 February 1994. The 32-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Feb 1994
Saturday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15128, longitude 0.85204, in the TN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994461015285
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
28
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
28

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 slight injury crash on 9 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1994461015285 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.