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Unclassified road crash in Basildon SS13 on 23 December 1994 at 16:20 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier taxi

A Vauxhall Cavalier taxi and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basildon at 16:20 on Friday 23 December 1994. The 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1994
Friday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57544, longitude 0.50123, in the SS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200B0763
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 19944200B0763 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.