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Serious A13 crash in Thurrock on 31 August 1982 at 00:01 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A13 in Thurrock at 00:01 on Tuesday 31 August 1982. A 20-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Aug 1982
Tuesday, 00:01
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51827, longitude 0.41853, in the SS17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982420060357
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
13

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 2 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, 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 1982420060357 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 1982.