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Fatal A131 crash in Braintree on 28 July 1998 at 12:30 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry hit a pedestrian on the A131 in Braintree at 12:30 on Tuesday 28 July 1998. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Jul 1998
Tuesday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94359, longitude 0.6343, in the CO9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halstead.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200A0485
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
131
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 17 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Scania)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19984200A0485 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.