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Unclassified road crash in Tendring CO16 on 26 April 1997 at 21:10 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Bedford were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tendring at 21:10 on Saturday 26 April 1997. The 33-year-old male driver of the Bedford was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 1997
Saturday, 21:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Bedford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80605, longitude 1.12722, in the CO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clacton-on-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200D0146
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

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 19974200D0146 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.