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Unclassified road crash in Basildon SS13 on 11 March 1998 at 09:00 involving a Ford Escort

A car and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basildon at 09:00 on Wednesday 11 March 1998. A 9-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Mar 1998
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5793, longitude 0.50578, in the SS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200B0141
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19984200B0141 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.