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Serious A1306 crash in Thurrock on 24 November 1995 at 09:40 involving a Vauxhall Carlton

A Vauxhall Carlton and a Triumph motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1306 in Thurrock at 09:40 on Friday 24 November 1995. The 40-year-old male rider of the Triumph motorcycle was seriously injured and an 11-year-old male passenger on the Triumph motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Nov 1995
Friday, 09:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Carlton and Triumph
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49337, longitude 0.30181, in the RM16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200F0586
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1306
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
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 7 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    744 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Triumph)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Triumph)

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 19954200F0586 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.