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Unclassified road crash in Thurrock SS17 on 6 September 1989 at 05:39 involving a lorry

A lorry and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 05:39 on Wednesday 6 September 1989. The 23-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Sep 1989
Wednesday, 05:39
Vehicles
2
Lorry and van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50683, longitude 0.40639, in the SS17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19894200F0803
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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 18 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 19894200F0803 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 1989.