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Serious unclassified road crash in Braintree CM7 on 15 May 1992 at 08:05 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 08:05 on Friday 15 May 1992. The 23-year-old female driver of the Fiat Panda was seriously injured and the 37-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 May 1992
Friday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Fiat Panda and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86732, longitude 0.55314, in the CM7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Braintree.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924200C0474
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 25 May 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 19924200C0474 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.