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A20 crash in Ashford on 23 March 1996 at 15:33 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic and a Lada Samara were involved in a crash on the A20 in Ashford at 15:33 on Saturday 23 March 1996. A 61-year-old female passenger in the Lada Samara, the 72-year-old male driver of the Lada Samara and an 81-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Mar 1996
Saturday, 15:33
Vehicles
2
Honda Civic and Lada Samara
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18515, longitude 0.81621, in the TN25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199646WL25446
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
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 31 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada Samara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,288 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Samara)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Samara)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    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 199646WL25446 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.