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A12 crash in Braintree on 24 December 1979 at 11:30 involving a lorry

A lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the A12 in Braintree at 11:30 on Monday 24 December 1979. A 27-year-old female passenger in the van and the 31-year-old male driver of the van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1979
Monday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Lorry and van
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80558, longitude 0.64858, in the CM8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Witham.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979420031084
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1979420031084 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 1979.