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Fatal unclassified road crash in Tendring CO7 on 5 September 1984 at 13:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tendring at 13:15 on Wednesday 5 September 1984. An 81-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was killed and an 87-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 62-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Sep 1984
Wednesday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85481, longitude 1.06539, in the CO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Bentley.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19844200E0773
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 30 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 62, 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 19844200E0773 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 1984.