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Fatal A120 crash in Braintree on 30 May 1990 at 18:05 involving a Volkswagen Transporter van

A Volkswagen Transporter van and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A120 in Braintree at 18:05 on Wednesday 30 May 1990. The 55-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were killed and the 26-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Transporter van was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 May 1990
Wednesday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Transporter and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8729, longitude 0.48982, in the CM77 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19904200C0650
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
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, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Transporter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,915 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Transporter)

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 19904200C0650 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 1990.