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Serious A131 crash in Braintree on 6 January 1996 at 11:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra, a Volvo 480 and a Vauxhall Astravan were involved in a crash on the A131 in Braintree at 11:05 on Saturday 6 January 1996. The 51-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astravan was seriously injured and the 34-year-old female driver of the Volvo 480 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 1996
Saturday, 11:05
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91472, longitude 0.58185, in the CM7 postcode district and within the built-up area of High Garrett.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200A0005
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
131
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1017

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 480

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astravan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astravan)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 480)

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 19964200A0005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 1996.