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Serious unclassified road crash in Ashford TN23 on 23 November 2015 at 06:27 involving an Optare bus

An Optare bus crashed on an unclassified road in Ashford at 06:27 on Monday 23 November 2015. The 35-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 2015
Monday, 06:27
Vehicles
1
Optare
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14785, longitude 0.87056, in the TN23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria, Ashford, TN23 1QG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Ashford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015460264244
Council area
Ashford
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Optare

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    4,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Optare)

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 2015460264244 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 2015.