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Serious A13 crash in Thurrock on 6 December 1992 at 17:32 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Honda CX500C motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A13 in Thurrock at 17:32 on Sunday 6 December 1992. The 24-year-old male rider of the Honda CX500C motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 1992
Sunday, 17:32
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Honda CX500C
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48633, longitude 0.25695, in the RM19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924200F0884
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CX500C

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CX500C)

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 19924200F0884 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 1992.