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A127 crash in Basildon on 24 December 1995 at 23:20 involving an MG Metro

An MG Metro and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A127 in Basildon at 23:20 on Sunday 24 December 1995. The 18-year-old female driver of the MG Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1995
Sunday, 23:20
Vehicles
2
MG Metro and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58792, longitude 0.55664, in the SS12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200B0671
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
127
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

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 19954200B0671 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.