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A251 crash in Ashford on 22 May 2013 at 08:26 involving an Iveco lorry

An Iveco lorry and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A251 in Ashford at 08:26 on Wednesday 22 May 2013. A 14-year-old male passenger in the minibus, a 16-year-old male passenger in the minibus and a 36-year-old male passenger in the minibus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 May 2013
Wednesday, 08:26
Vehicles
2
Iveco and minibus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23115, longitude 0.87163, in the TN25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013460227685
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
251
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    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
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    3,920 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 2013460227685 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 2013.