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Serious B1014 crash in Castle Point on 23 December 1990 at 15:55 involving a Bedford lorry

A Bedford lorry, a Fiat Uno and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on the B1014 in Castle Point at 15:55 on Sunday 23 December 1990. The 29-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno, a 40-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Uno and the 32-year-old female driver of the Fiat Panda were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1990
Sunday, 15:55
Vehicles
3
Bedford and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53587, longitude 0.56367, in the SS8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19904200B1111
Council area
Castle Point
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1014
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
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 12 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Panda)

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 19904200B1111 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 1990.