Unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM14 on 20 September 1990 at 09:35 involving a Vauxhall Carlton
A Vauxhall Carlton and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 09:35 on Thursday 20 September 1990. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Carlton and the 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 1990
- Thursday, 09:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Carlton and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55613, longitude 0.37004, in the RM14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19904200F0854
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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, 200 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 1986.
Slight
Van crash on the A128 in Thurrock, 17 June 1986
200 m awayRef 19864200F0457
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 11 December 1983
200 m awayRef 19834200F0919
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A128 in Thurrock, 2 July 1990
224 m awayRef 19904200F0588
Slight
Car crash on the A128 in Thurrock, 1 June 1984
283 m awayRef 19844200F0362
Slight
Car crash on the A128 in Thurrock, 4 April 1984
283 m awayRef 19844200F0219
Fatal
Ford Capri crash on the A128 in Thurrock, 3 February 1990
283 m awayRef 19904200F0110
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Carlton)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
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 19904200F0854 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.