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M20 crash in Ashford on 8 April 2012 at 14:59 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the M20 in Ashford at 14:59 on Sunday 8 April 2012. A 53-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes E Class was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 2012
Sunday, 14:59
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Mercedes E Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.16383, longitude 0.86216, in the TN24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012460212504
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    3,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)

    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 2012460212504 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 2012.