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Unclassified road crash in Basildon SS13 on 30 December 1994 at 16:45 involving a Datsun Cherry

A Datsun Cherry and a Ford Transit minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basildon at 16:45 on Friday 30 December 1994. All twelve casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1994
Friday, 16:45
Vehicles
2
Datsun Cherry and Ford Transit
Casualties
12
12 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57481, longitude 0.50553, in the SS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200B0775
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (12)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Cherry)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Cherry)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Cherry)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 11: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 12: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

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 19944200B0775 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.