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Serious B1018 crash in Braintree on 15 December 1994 at 07:45 involving a Ford Escort taxi

A Ford Escort taxi, a Vauxhall Chevette and an Austin Morris Mini were involved in a crash on the B1018 in Braintree at 07:45 on Thursday 15 December 1994. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Chevette, a 27-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort taxi and the 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort taxi were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1994
Thursday, 07:45
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84011, longitude 0.6085, in the CM77 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200A0619
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1018
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    848 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Chevette)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 19944200A0619 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 1994.