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Fatal B1013 crash in Rochford on 29 June 1981 at 15:36 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the B1013 in Rochford at 15:36 on Monday 29 June 1981. An 84-year-old male pedestrian hit by the van was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Jun 1981
Monday, 15:36
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59746, longitude 0.66533, in the SS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hockley.

Map of where the crash happened in Rochford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981420090331
Council area
Rochford
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1013
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 17 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 84, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 1981420090331 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rochford road accident statistics for 1981.