Unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM17 on 10 May 1996 at 09:50 involving an Iveco-Ford van
An Iveco-Ford van, a Triumph Acclaim and an Austin Morris Mini were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 09:50 on Friday 10 May 1996. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 1996
- Friday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Iveco-Ford and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48475, longitude 0.34661, in the RM17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grays.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19964200F0189
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2011.
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Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 10 October 1992
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 28 March 1996
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Serious
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 17 May 1994
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Acclaim
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,335 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Austin Morris Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Acclaim)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Acclaim)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Morris Mini)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Morris Mini)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 19964200F0189 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 1996.