B1010 crash in Maldon on 1 August 1987 at 21:30 involving a car
Four cars were involved in a crash on the B1010 in Maldon at 21:30 on Saturday 1 August 1987. The 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and a 21-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were 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
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Aug 1987
- Saturday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Car and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67157, longitude 0.72754, in the CM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Latchingdon.
Map of where the crash happened in Maldon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19874200C0980
- Council area
- Maldon
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1010
- 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 slight injury crash on 9 May 1983.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1010 in Maldon, 9 May 1983
At the same spotRef 19834200C0450
Slight
Car crash on the B1010 in Maldon, 27 March 1987
At the same spotRef 19874200C0315
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Maldon, 22 July 1984
At the same spotRef 19844200C0762
Slight
HGV crash on an unclassified road in Maldon, 21 July 2016
13 m awayRef 2016420088263
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on an unclassified road in Maldon, 27 October 1997
14 m awayRef 19974200C0717
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Maldon, 16 November 1997
14 m awayRef 19974200C0793
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 19874200C0980 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 1987.