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A604 crash in Braintree on 24 August 1993 at 18:40 involving an Audi 100

An Audi 100 and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the A604 in Braintree at 18:40 on Tuesday 24 August 1993. A 33-year-old female passenger in the Audi 100, the 45-year-old male driver of the Audi 80 and the 34-year-old male driver of the Audi 100 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 1993
Tuesday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Audi 100 and Audi 80
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.00019, longitude 0.57191, in the CO9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19934200C0779
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
604
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi 80)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 100)

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 19934200C0779 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.