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Serious A120 crash in Tendring on 24 May 1997 at 00:05 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A120 in Tendring at 00:05 on Saturday 24 May 1997. The 23-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 was seriously injured and the 44-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 39-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 1997
Saturday, 00:05
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 205 and Ford Sierra
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89751, longitude 1.06961, in the CO7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200D0180
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, no street lighting
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 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19974200D0180 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.