A252 crash in Ashford on 26 November 2021 at 04:10 involving a Ford Ranger van
A motorcycle and a Ford Ranger van were involved in a crash on the A252 in Ashford at 04:10 on Friday 26 November 2021. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Ranger van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2021
- Friday, 04:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Ranger
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24125, longitude 0.9502, in the CT4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Ashford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021461116226
- Council area
- Ashford
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Kent
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 252
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2007.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A252 in Ashford, 9 December 2007
6 m awayRef 2007460150333
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A252 in Ashford, 14 July 1991
102 m awayRef 199146DA38821
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A252 in Ashford, 20 May 1989
116 m awayRef 198946DA10649
Slight
Van crash on the A252 in Ashford, 24 January 2002
152 m awayRef 200246WL52832
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A252 in Ashford, 22 February 2011
180 m awayRef 2011460197230
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A252 in Ashford, 3 February 2023
214 m awayRef 2023461275098
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 123 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Ranger
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ranger)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2021461116226 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 2021.