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A126 crash in Thurrock on 14 November 1997 at 13:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A126 in Thurrock at 13:00 on Friday 14 November 1997. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Nov 1997
Friday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4761, longitude 0.28813, in the RM20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200F0698
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
126
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 15 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 19974200F0698 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.