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A13 crash in Basildon on 27 June 1998 at 09:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A13 in Basildon at 09:20 on Saturday 27 June 1998. The 37-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, a 4-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jun 1998
Saturday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56156, longitude 0.50264, in the SS13 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
19984200B0314
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
132

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 19984200B0314 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.