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A20 crash in Ashford on 31 January 1996 at 23:30 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A20 in Ashford at 23:30 on Wednesday 31 January 1996. The 21-year-old female driver of the car and a male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 1996
Wednesday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1369, longitude 0.90977, in the TN24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646WL24774
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
20

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199646WL24774 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 1996.