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Serious A128 crash in Thurrock on 21 December 1980 at 14:34 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A128 in Thurrock at 14:34 on Sunday 21 December 1980. The 50-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1980
Sunday, 14:34
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980420060627
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
128
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, 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 1980420060627 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 1980.