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Serious A133 crash in Tendring on 28 July 1983 at 19:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 19:20 on Thursday 28 July 1983. There were eight casualties: three people were seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jul 1983
Thursday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
8
3 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86895, longitude 1.07507, in the CO7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19834200E0630
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
133
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (8)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 19834200E0630 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 1983.