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Serious unclassified road crash in Ashford TN23 on 8 July 2005 at 17:51 involving a Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ashford at 17:51 on Friday 8 July 2005. The 37-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jul 2005
Friday, 17:51
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki KMX125 and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12263, longitude 0.86246, in the TN23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Park Farm North, Ashford, TN23 3NG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005460112449
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KMX125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KMX125)

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 2005460112449 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.