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Fatal A1235 crash in Basildon on 12 December 1994 at 18:30 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A1235 in Basildon at 18:30 on Monday 12 December 1994. A 10-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Volvo lorry was killed, one other person was seriously injured and seven were slightly injured. Six of the others were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Dec 1994
Monday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo and taxi
Casualties
9
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58171, longitude 0.45972, in the SS14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200B0729
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1235
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (9)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 7: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, hit by vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 8: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, hit by vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 9: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 19944200B0729 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 1994.