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A13 crash in Basildon on 28 April 1998 at 09:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A13 in Basildon at 09:00 on Tuesday 28 April 1998. The 37-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 43-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Apr 1998
Tuesday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56457, longitude 0.52993, in the SS13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200B0202
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
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 26 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 19984200B0202 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.