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Unclassified road crash in Tendring CO15 on 17 August 1989 at 12:35 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tendring at 12:35 on Thursday 17 August 1989. The 38-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1989
Thursday, 12:35
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78682, longitude 1.15359, in the CO15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clacton-on-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19894200E0874
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 19 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 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
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 19894200E0874 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 1989.