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A126 crash in Thurrock on 26 August 1996 at 11:14 involving a Toyota Celica

A Toyota Celica, a Ford Escort and a Volvo 940 were involved in a crash on the A126 in Thurrock at 11:14 on Monday 26 August 1996. A 30-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Aug 1996
Monday, 11:14
Vehicles
3
Toyota Celica and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4871, longitude 0.27269, in the RM20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200F0360
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
126
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 19964200F0360 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.