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Serious M20 crash in Ashford on 14 August 1999 at 12:33 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on the M20 in Ashford at 12:33 on Saturday 14 August 1999. There were seven casualties: one person was seriously injured and six were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Aug 1999
Saturday, 12:33
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
7
1 seriously injured, 6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15776, longitude 0.87494, in the TN24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199946WL05089
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 84, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 84, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 199946WL05089 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.