B1057 crash in Braintree on 28 December 1979 at 08:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B1057 in Braintree at 08:15 on Friday 28 December 1979. The 51-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 28 Dec 1979; Friday, 08:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1979420051091
Council area: Braintree
Police force: Essex

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 1057
Road type: Single 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: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
North West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
51 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 51, 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 1979420051091 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.