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Serious A13 crash in Castle Point on 11 December 1979 at 18:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 18:20 on Tuesday 11 December 1979. The 62-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Dec 1979
Tuesday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5576, longitude 0.59807, in the SS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thundersley and South Benfleet.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979420090735
Council area
Castle Point
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 22 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1979420090735 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 1979.