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A20 crash in Ashford on 12 October 2004 at 17:30 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a car were involved in a crash on the A20 in Ashford at 17:30 on Tuesday 12 October 2004. The 47-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 2004
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.156, longitude 0.87697, in the TN24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Furley, Ashford, TN24 8YN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200446WL02425
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
28

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200446WL02425 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 2004.