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A2070 crash in Ashford on 23 August 2007 at 10:50 involving a Hyundai Matrix

A Hyundai Matrix and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A2070 in Ashford at 10:50 on Thursday 23 August 2007. The 48-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Matrix, a 54-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery and a 67-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Hyundai Matrix were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 2007
Thursday, 10:50
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Matrix and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11051, longitude 0.854, in the TN23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsnorth Village & Bridgefield, Ashford, TN26 1NJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007460145836
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
2070
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
24%
Estimated chance it was slight
76%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Matrix

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    2,487 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Matrix)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Matrix)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2007460145836 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 2007.