Unclassified road crash in Ashford TN23 on 22 March 2008 at 08:18 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera, a Ford KA and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ashford at 08:18 on Saturday 22 March 2008. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2008
- Saturday, 08:18
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Almera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13245, longitude 0.85778, in the TN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norman, Ashford, TN23 6LN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008460154801
- 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
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 1999.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 4 October 1999
10 m awayRef 199946WL07063
Slight
Bedford crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 23 September 1997
10 m awayRef 199746WL00620
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 15 November 1996
20 m awayRef 199646WL29009
Slight
Ford Granada crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 26 January 1996
20 m awayRef 199646WL24688
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 6 May 1995
20 m awayRef 199546WL20989
Serious
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 16 May 2011
22 m awayRef 2011460200232
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
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 2008460154801 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 2008.