Unclassified road crash in Ashford TN23 on 15 October 2011 at 12:07 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion, a Mazda 2 and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Ashford at 12:07 on Saturday 15 October 2011. The 78-year-old female driver of the Ford Fusion and an 84-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fusion were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2011
- Saturday, 12:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fusion and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1352, longitude 0.85195, in the TN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beaver, Ashford, TN23 5DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011460206246
- 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
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 1983.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 22 April 1983
20 m awayRef 1983467102073
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 13 December 1982
20 m awayRef 1982467108082
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 8 June 2013
32 m awayRef 2013460228294
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 26 July 1996
32 m awayRef 199646WL27211
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 25 July 2002
54 m awayRef 200246WL61083
Slight
Bedford crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 16 January 1997
57 m awayRef 199746WL29943
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,349 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- 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 2011460206246 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 2011.