M20 crash in Ashford on 22 December 2025 at 20:33 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
A Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the M20 in Ashford at 20:33 on Monday 22 December 2025. The 30-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2025
- Monday, 20:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15559, longitude 0.87961, in the TN24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025461690199
- 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
- Motorway
- First road number
- 20
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, lighting unknown
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 1992.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the M20 in Ashford, 30 November 1992
5 m awayRef 1992461009462
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M20 in Ashford, 4 September 2000
10 m awayRef 200046WL28544
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M20 in Ashford, 2 January 2004
10 m awayRef 200446WL87536
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M20 in Ashford, 2 January 2012
25 m awayRef 2012460208988
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the M20 in Ashford, 21 December 2001
27 m awayRef 200146WL51505
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M20 in Ashford, 13 February 2000
33 m awayRef 200046WL13358
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025461690199 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 2025.