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A282 crash in Thurrock on 13 February 1995 at 19:00 involving a BMW 3 Series

Six vehicles, including a lorry and a BMW 3 Series, were involved in a crash on the A282 in Thurrock at 19:00 on Monday 13 February 1995. The 43-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series, the 67-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and the 25-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 1995
Monday, 19:00
Vehicles
6
BMW 3 Series and 5 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47223, longitude 0.26504, in the RM20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200F0083
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
282
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    13,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 4: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    13,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 5: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 6: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Iveco-Ford)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 6 (Citroen ZX)

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 19954200F0083 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 1995.