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B1018 crash in Braintree on 12 February 1992 at 12:30 involving a Leyland DAF FT 95 lorry

A Leyland DAF FT 95 lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the B1018 in Braintree at 12:30 on Wednesday 12 February 1992. The 44-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 1992
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF FT 95 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86323, longitude 0.57992, in the CM77 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924200C0127
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1018
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FT 95

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 19924200C0127 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 1992.