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A282 crash in Thurrock on 27 December 1984 at 10:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A282 in Thurrock at 10:00 on Thursday 27 December 1984. A 60-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1984
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47193, longitude 0.262, in the RM19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19844200F0984
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
282
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 19844200F0984 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 1984.