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Serious B1414 crash in Tendring on 23 January 1996 at 08:05 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco and a Rover 800 Series were involved in a crash on the B1414 in Tendring at 08:05 on Tuesday 23 January 1996. The 23-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco and the 36-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jan 1996
Tuesday, 08:05
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Scirocco and Rover 800 Series
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88588, longitude 1.16241, in the CO16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200D0028
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1414
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 800 Series)

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 19964200D0028 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 1996.