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A131 crash in Braintree on 26 March 1995 at 15:15 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a car were involved in a crash on the A131 in Braintree at 15:15 on Sunday 26 March 1995. A 32-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Mar 1995
Sunday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85284, longitude 0.52806, in the CM77 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Notley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200A0205
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
131
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 19954200A0205 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.