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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CM7 on 29 April 1998 at 08:25 involving a Nissan Terrano

A Nissan Terrano and a Mercedes bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 08:25 on Wednesday 29 April 1998. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Nissan Terrano and Mercedes
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90531, longitude 0.56779, in the CM7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Braintree.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200A0249
Council area
Braintree
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Terrano

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Terrano)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Terrano)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 19984200A0249 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 1998.