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Fatal B1027 crash in Tendring on 3 May 1986 at 23:55 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B1027 in Tendring at 23:55 on Saturday 3 May 1986. A 22-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was killed, two other people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 May 1986
Saturday, 23:55
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
4
1 killed, 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83727, longitude 1.04823, in the CO7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19864200E0345
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1027
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 19864200E0345 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 1986.