A20 crash in Ashford on 6 March 2019 at 13:59 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Chevrolet Aveo were involved in a crash on the A20 in Ashford at 13:59 on Wednesday 6 March 2019. The 27-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane, the 25-year-old female driver of the Chevrolet Aveo and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Chevrolet Aveo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 2019
- Wednesday, 13:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Chevrolet Aveo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19483, longitude 0.80588, in the TN27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019460822751
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2022.
Slight
Kawasaki ZR crash on an unclassified road in Ashford, 8 April 2022
18 m awayRef 2022461165402
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A20 in Ashford, 27 July 1997
19 m awayRef 199746WL32738
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A20 in Ashford, 22 March 2011
27 m awayRef 2011460198237
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A20 in Ashford, 10 February 1995
27 m awayRef 1995461019954
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A20 in Ashford, 9 May 2010
32 m awayRef 2010460186103
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A20 in Ashford, 7 April 1993
33 m awayRef 1993461011195
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Aveo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,206 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chevrolet Aveo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chevrolet Aveo)
- 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 2019460822751 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 2019.