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Unclassified road crash in Ashford TN24 on 3 December 2003 at 21:30 involving a Yamaha TW 125 motorcycle

A Yamaha TW 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Ashford at 21:30 on Wednesday 3 December 2003. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2003
Wednesday, 21:30
Vehicles
1
Yamaha TW 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17107, longitude 0.87877, in the TN24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goat Lees, Ashford, TN24 9PL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200346WL86327
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha TW 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha TW 125)

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 200346WL86327 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 2003.