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A1023 crash in Brentwood on 15 April 1979 at 05:55 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A1023 in Brentwood at 05:55 on Sunday 15 April 1979. The 56-year-old male driver of the car 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
15 Apr 1979
Sunday, 05:55
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6086, longitude 0.26301, in the CM14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Brentwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979420020256
Council area
Brentwood
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1023
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1979420020256 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brentwood road accident statistics for 1979.