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A1235 crash in Basildon on 3 January 1998 at 13:46 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A1235 in Basildon at 13:46 on Saturday 3 January 1998. The 22-year-old male driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jan 1998
Saturday, 13:46
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Citroen AX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57948, longitude 0.44588, in the SS14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200B0003
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1235
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 19984200B0003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 1998.