B2229 crash in Ashford on 21 September 2002 at 20:13 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on the B2229 in Ashford at 20:13 on Saturday 21 September 2002. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Sep 2002
- Saturday, 20:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Peugeot 406
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13625, longitude 0.86073, in the TN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norman, Ashford, TN23 6LN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200246WL64149
- Council area
- Ashford
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2229
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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 7 July 2009.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B2229 in Ashford, 7 July 2009
10 m awayRef 2009460174302
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2229 in Ashford, 23 July 2022
13 m awayRef 2022461207173
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B2229 in Ashford, 20 February 2003
14 m awayRef 200346WL72472
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B2229 in Ashford, 12 February 2008
22 m awayRef 2008460153499
Serious
Car crash on the B2229 in Ashford, 23 January 1995
22 m awayRef 1995461019715
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the B2229 in Ashford, 18 June 2010
30 m awayRef 2010460187578
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
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 200246WL64149 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 2002.