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Serious unclassified road crash in Basildon SS15 on 4 April 1995 at 15:47 involving an Austin Metro

A van and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basildon at 15:47 on Tuesday 4 April 1995. There were five casualties: three people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 1995
Tuesday, 15:47
Vehicles
2
Van and Austin Metro
Casualties
5
3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57023, longitude 0.40181, in the SS15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200B0167
Council area
Basildon
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 54 metres away, was a fatal crash on 5 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19954200B0167 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 1995.