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A176 crash in Basildon on 4 September 1997 at 14:10 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada, a Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A176 in Basildon at 14:10 on Thursday 4 September 1997. A 79-year-old female passenger in the Ford Granada, the 29-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and the 76-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Sep 1997
Thursday, 14:10
Vehicles
3
Ford Granada and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55681, longitude 0.45924, in the SS16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200B0455
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
176
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

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 19974200B0455 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.