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A13 crash in Thurrock on 21 September 1993 at 11:30 involving a Rover 200 Series

A lorry and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A13 in Thurrock at 11:30 on Tuesday 21 September 1993. The 45-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series and a female passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 1993
Tuesday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19934200F0683
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,327 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19934200F0683 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 1993.