Serious unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM15 on 10 September 1997 at 22:05 involving a Peugeot 505
Two cars and a Peugeot 505 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 22:05 on Wednesday 10 September 1997. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Sep 1997
- Wednesday, 22:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 505 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49632, longitude 0.25629, in the RM15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aveley.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19974200F0461
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 December 1994.
Serious
Volkswagen Jetta crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 7 December 1994
At the same spotRef 19944200F0800
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 5 June 2001
At the same spotRef 20014200F0308
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 26 February 1997
At the same spotRef 19974200F0254
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 28 December 1997
At the same spotRef 19974200F0705
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 10 November 2024
5 m awayRef 2024421514453
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 25 July 1990
20 m awayRef 19904200F0672
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 505
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,971 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 505)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 505)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 505)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 505)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 19974200F0461 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 1997.