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Serious A129 crash in Basildon on 1 June 1998 at 07:38 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A129 in Basildon at 07:38 on Monday 1 June 1998. The 27-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jun 1998
Monday, 07:38
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62336, longitude 0.40707, in the CM12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Billericay.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200B0259
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
129
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
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 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 19984200B0259 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.