Fatal B1010 crash in Maldon on 9 May 1994 at 00:12 involving an Audi 80
An Audi 80 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B1010 in Maldon at 00:12 on Monday 9 May 1994. The 30-year-old male driver of the Audi 80 was killed and the 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 9 May 1994
- Monday, 00:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi 80 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68402, longitude 0.68691, in the CM9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Maldon
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19944200C0404
- Council area
- Maldon
- Police force
- Essex
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1010
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 May 1996.
Serious
Volvo crash on the B1010 in Maldon, 1 May 1996
At the same spotRef 19964200C0294
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B1010 in Maldon, 29 November 1997
10 m awayRef 19974200C0818
Slight
Renault Safrane crash on the B1010 in Maldon, 26 August 2004
10 m awayRef 20044200C0645
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B1018 in Maldon, 16 February 2001
10 m awayRef 20014200C0109
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the B1010 in Maldon, 14 January 2025
13 m awayRef 2025421541605
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B1010 in Maldon, 17 October 2002
14 m awayRef 20024200C0621
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi 80
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi 80)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 19944200C0404 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 1994.