M20 crash in Ashford on 4 September 2000 at 16:20 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M20 in Ashford at 16:20 on Monday 4 September 2000. The 48-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle and a 27-year-old male passenger on the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 2000
- Monday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Honda CBR1100XX
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15558, longitude 0.87952, in the TN24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200046WL28544
- Council area
- Ashford
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 20
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 2004.
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Ford Fiesta crash on the M20 in Ashford, 2 January 2004
At the same spotRef 200446WL87536
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Renault 5 crash on the M20 in Ashford, 30 November 1992
14 m awayRef 1992461009462
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Citroen Xantia crash on the M20 in Ashford, 21 December 2001
20 m awayRef 200146WL51505
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BMW 3 Series crash on the M20 in Ashford, 13 February 2000
22 m awayRef 200046WL13358
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M20 in Ashford, 2 January 2012
22 m awayRef 2012460208988
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR1100XX
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,137 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1100XX)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1100XX)
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 200046WL28544 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 2000.