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Serious unclassified road crash in Castle Point SS8 on 15 July 1993 at 12:00 involving a Triumph Acclaim

A Triumph Acclaim and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point at 12:00 on Thursday 15 July 1993. The 56-year-old female driver of the Austin Maestro was seriously injured and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Triumph Acclaim was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jul 1993
Thursday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Triumph Acclaim and Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52307, longitude 0.58544, in the SS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canvey Island.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19934200B0487
Council area
Castle Point
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
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 10 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Acclaim

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,335 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Triumph Acclaim)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

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 19934200B0487 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 1993.