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Serious A20 crash in Ashford on 3 July 1999 at 01:17 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry crashed on the A20 in Ashford at 01:17 on Saturday 3 July 1999. The 55-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jul 1999
Saturday, 01:17
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21325, longitude 0.78989, in the TN27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199946WL02891
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
252

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    10,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 199946WL02891 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 1999.