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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CM8 on 28 February 1993 at 00:20 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on an unclassified road in Braintree at 00:20 on Sunday 28 February 1993. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 1993
Sunday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8201, longitude 0.6429, in the CM8 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19934200C0176
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19934200C0176 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 1993.