A127 crash in Castle Point on 19 November 1993 at 14:25 involving a Saab 900
Four vehicles, including a Saab 900 and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on the A127 in Castle Point at 14:25 on Friday 19 November 1993. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Nov 1993
- Friday, 14:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- Saab 900 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58334, longitude 0.58063, in the SS6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19934200B0838
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 127
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 October 2019.
Serious
Car crash on the A127 in Castle Point, 4 October 2019
6 m awayRef 2019420884558
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A127 in Rochford, 15 January 1999
10 m awayRef 19994200J0021
Slight
Kawasaki EX650 crash on the A127 in Castle Point, 14 August 2017
12 m awayRef 2017420210349
Slight
Car crash on the A127 in Castle Point, 25 December 1979
22 m awayRef 1979420090758
Serious
Van crash on the A127 in Castle Point, 6 April 1984
22 m awayRef 19844200B0235
Fatal
Car crash on the A127 in Castle Point, 6 September 1979
22 m awayRef 1979420090508
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Saab 900
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Granada
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,933 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 19934200B0838 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.