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A127 crash in Basildon on 13 February 1997 at 11:15 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the A127 in Basildon at 11:15 on Thursday 13 February 1997. A 21-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 1997
Thursday, 11:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58805, longitude 0.55881, in the SS12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200B0089
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
127
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
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 15 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 19974200B0089 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 1997.