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Fatal A13 crash in Thurrock on 19 March 1979 at 15:30 involving a lorry

Two lorries were involved in a crash on the A13 in Thurrock at 15:30 on Monday 19 March 1979. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Mar 1979
Monday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Lorry and another
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48579, longitude 0.24252, in the RM19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979420060113
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 February 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1979420060113 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 1979.