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Serious A13 crash in Castle Point on 21 August 1987 at 09:34 involving a lorry

A lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 09:34 on Friday 21 August 1987. A 26-year-old male pedestrian hit by the lorry was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Aug 1987
Friday, 09:34
Vehicles
2
Lorry and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55942, longitude 0.59674, in the SS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thundersley and South Benfleet.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19874200B0604
Council area
Castle Point
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Single 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 19874200B0604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 1987.