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A130 crash in Braintree on 3 February 1995 at 06:37 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A130 in Braintree at 06:37 on Friday 3 February 1995. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Feb 1995
Friday, 06:37
Vehicles
2
Scania and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84008, longitude 0.40337, in the CM6 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200A0076
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
130
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 19954200A0076 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 1995.