A28 crash in Ashford on 22 August 2010 at 14:40 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Saab 9000 were involved in a crash on the A28 in Ashford at 14:40 on Sunday 22 August 2010. The 35-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto, the 63-year-old female driver of the Saab 9000 and a 63-year-old male passenger in the Saab 9000 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2010
- Sunday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Saab 9000
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12651, longitude 0.75722, in the TN26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weald Central, Ashford, TN26 3LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010460190619
- 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
- 28
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2020.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A28 in Ashford, 19 March 2020
6 m awayRef 2020460943395
Serious
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A28 in Ashford, 15 August 2024
7 m awayRef 2024461479919
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A28 in Ashford, 23 March 2008
10 m awayRef 2008460155070
Slight
Car crash on the A28 in Ashford, 23 March 2008
10 m awayRef 2008460155064
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A28 in Ashford, 20 January 2011
14 m awayRef 2011460196236
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A28 in Ashford, 19 September 2006
20 m awayRef 2006460131074
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Saab 9000
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9000)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9000)
- 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 2010460190619 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 2010.