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Serious B1007 crash in Basildon on 12 July 1998 at 22:35 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van crashed on the B1007 in Basildon at 22:35 on Sunday 12 July 1998. A 27-year-old female passenger and a 31-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jul 1998
Sunday, 22:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56579, longitude 0.43851, in the SS16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200B0339
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1007
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 19984200B0339 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.