A127 crash in Rochford on 4 December 1995 at 17:00 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a car were involved in a crash on the A127 in Rochford at 17:00 on Monday 4 December 1995. The 30-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 1995
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57237, longitude 0.62547, in the SS6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Rochford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19954200J0551
- Council area
- Rochford
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2003.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A127 in Rochford, 31 December 2003
10 m awayRef 20034200J0548
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A127 in Rochford, 16 April 2008
10 m awayRef 200842I132204
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A127 in Rochford, 7 October 2024
11 m awayRef 2024421500638
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the A127 in Rochford, 25 January 2000
14 m awayRef 20004200J0050
Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the A127 in Rochford, 12 September 2019
14 m awayRef 2019420876973
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A127 in Rochford, 17 December 1996
22 m awayRef 19964200J0566
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 19954200J0551 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rochford road accident statistics for 1995.