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A131 crash in Braintree on 22 October 1996 at 06:00 involving a Fiat Brava

A Fiat Brava and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A131 in Braintree at 06:00 on Tuesday 22 October 1996. A 58-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series and the 32-year-old male driver of the Fiat Brava were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1996
Tuesday, 06:00
Vehicles
2
Fiat Brava and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93345, longitude 0.61726, in the CO9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200A0657
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Brava

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Brava)

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 19964200A0657 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.