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A133 crash in Tendring on 15 January 1997 at 08:10 involving a Fiat Uno

A Fiat Uno, a Ford Orion and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 08:10 on Wednesday 15 January 1997. The 20-year-old female driver of the Fiat Uno and the 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 1997
Wednesday, 08:10
Vehicles
3
Fiat Uno and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83544, longitude 1.12476, in the CO16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200D0018
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
133
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 19974200D0018 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 1997.