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A13 crash in Thurrock on 31 August 1990 at 23:45 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and an Austin Allegro were involved in a crash on the A13 in Thurrock at 23:45 on Friday 31 August 1990. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Austin Allegro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 1990
Friday, 23:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Austin Allegro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49782, longitude 0.27192, in the RM15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19904200F0789
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
25

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 1 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Allegro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Allegro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 19904200F0789 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 1990.