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Serious B1007 crash in Thurrock on 4 December 1983 at 21:30 involving a van

A van crashed on the B1007 in Thurrock at 21:30 on Sunday 4 December 1983. There were thirteen casualties: nine people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Dec 1983
Sunday, 21:30
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
13
9 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53114, longitude 0.40479, 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
19834200F0891
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1007
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (13)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 13: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19834200F0891 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 1983.