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Serious B1018 crash in Braintree on 13 December 1994 at 22:00 involving a Volvo 340

Five vehicles, including a Volvo 340 and a Vauxhall Nova, were involved in a crash on the B1018 in Braintree at 22:00 on Tuesday 13 December 1994. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Dec 1994
Tuesday, 22:00
Vehicles
5
Volvo 340 and 4 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83446, longitude 0.61195, in the CM77 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200A0621
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
Using private drive or entrance
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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 June 1999.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 5: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    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 19944200A0621 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.