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M20 crash in Ashford on 26 June 2005 at 15:30 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A car and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the M20 in Ashford at 15:30 on Sunday 26 June 2005. The 31-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery 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
Slight
Date
26 Jun 2005
Sunday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14916, longitude 0.89514, in the TN24 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0QY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460111983
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
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2005460111983 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 2005.