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Serious unclassified road crash in Braintree CM7 on 3 February 1994 at 17:15 involving a Morris Minor

A Morris Minor, a Citroen AX and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 17:15 on Thursday 3 February 1994. The 57-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Feb 1994
Thursday, 17:15
Vehicles
3
Morris Minor and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88307, longitude 0.54444, in the CM7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Braintree.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200C0139
Council area
Braintree
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
Crossroads
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
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 2 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Minor

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    87 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)

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 19944200C0139 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.