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A176 crash in Basildon on 22 April 1997 at 17:20 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A176 in Basildon at 17:20 on Tuesday 22 April 1997. A 23-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort and the 37-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Apr 1997
Tuesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57873, longitude 0.44339, in the SS15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200B0228
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
176
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
148

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 19974200B0228 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.