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Serious A12 crash in Braintree on 5 December 1995 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra, a Saab 9000 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A12 in Braintree at 17:45 on Tuesday 5 December 1995. A 48-year-old male passenger in the Saab 9000 was seriously injured and the female driver of the Saab 9000 and the 47-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1995
Tuesday, 17:45
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77402, longitude 0.58396, in the CM3 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200A0803
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9000)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Saab 9000)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 19954200A0803 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.