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B1023 crash in Maldon on 31 March 1995 at 23:59 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B1023 in Maldon at 23:59 on Friday 31 March 1995. The 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier, the 21-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 1995
Friday, 23:59
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80285, longitude 0.76346, in the CO5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maldon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200C0204
Council area
Maldon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1023
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    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
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 19954200C0204 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 1995.