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Serious A20 crash in Ashford on 22 January 2014 at 08:20 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle

A Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the A20 in Ashford at 08:20 on Wednesday 22 January 2014. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jan 2014
Wednesday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Yamaha Ybr 125 and Volvo V70
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15834, longitude 0.85867, in the TN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014460237567
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
20
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V70

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr 125)

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 2014460237567 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 2014.