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Unclassified road crash in Maldon CM3 on 11 December 1997 at 10:00 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maldon at 10:00 on Thursday 11 December 1997. The 44-year-old female driver of the Volvo 240 and the 24-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Dec 1997
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Volvo 240 and Peugeot 205
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66584, longitude 0.68757, in the CM3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maldon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200C0833
Council area
Maldon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

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 19974200C0833 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 1997.