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Serious unclassified road crash in Tendring CO11 on 11 September 1996 at 20:15 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter

A Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tendring at 20:15 on Wednesday 11 September 1996. The 19-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Sep 1996
Wednesday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Vespa (Douglas) and Renault 21
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94118, longitude 1.05731, in the CO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lawford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200D0340
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 19964200D0340 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.