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A1060 crash in Braintree on 22 December 1998 at 20:00 involving a Peugeot 309

Four vehicles, including a Peugeot 309 and a Vauxhall Nova, were involved in a crash on the A1060 in Braintree at 20:00 on Tuesday 22 December 1998. The 29-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 309 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
4
Peugeot 309 and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.776, longitude 0.33458, in the CM1 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200A0875
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1060
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 134 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 600 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 4: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,783 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

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 19984200A0875 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.