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Serious A12 crash in Brentwood on 6 September 1980 at 16:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A12 in Brentwood at 16:45 on Saturday 6 September 1980. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Sep 1980
Saturday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67879, longitude 0.3967, in the CM4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Brentwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980420030745
Council area
Brentwood
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1980420030745 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 1980.