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Fatal A133 crash in Tendring on 10 July 1987 at 22:45 involving a minibus

A minibus hit a pedestrian on the A133 in Tendring at 22:45 on Friday 10 July 1987. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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
10 Jul 1987
Friday, 22:45
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85441, longitude 1.11475, in the CO16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19874200E0590
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
133
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 10 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19874200E0590 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 1987.