An accident involving a car and a pedestrian on a busy ring road is causing rush hour delays.

The incident, which happened along Somerset Road, near Ashford town centre, this evening is causing slow traffic in the area.

Multiple eyewitnesses stuck in traffic have said emergency services are at the scene.

One woman added: “Traffic is terrible backing up and add that to typical town traffic makes it a nightmare.”

This isn’t the first time someone has been knocked down on the notorious stretch of road.

In 2019 a woman was taken to hospital after being hit by a car in the same spot and just a month prior a pensioner was also taken to hospital with a head injury after being hit in the same area.

Today this is the second pedestrian to be hit by a vehicle.

Earlier this afternoon a person was taken to hospital after they were hit by a car along Maidstone Road in Paddock Wood, Tonbridge.

A police spokesman said: “We were called just before 5pm on Tuesday, November 21 to North Street, Ashford following reports of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian.

“Officers attended, along with the ambulance service, where a teenager received treatment for injuries and was then taken to a local hospital.”

The young person’s injuries have been described as neither life threatening or life changing.

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