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A251 crash in Ashford on 11 December 2008 at 06:17 involving a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle

A Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle crashed on the A251 in Ashford at 06:17 on Thursday 11 December 2008. The 28-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 2008
Thursday, 06:17
Vehicles
1
Peugeot Speedfight
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18785, longitude 0.89098, in the TN25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Downs West, Ashford, TN25 4EP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008460166889
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
251
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Speedfight

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    100 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)

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 2008460166889 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.