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B1021 crash in Maldon on 31 December 1998 at 12:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the B1021 in Maldon at 12:45 on Thursday 31 December 1998. The 40-year-old female driver of the Ford Cortina and the 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1998
Thursday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Cortina
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66779, longitude 0.84172, in the CM0 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maldon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200C0890
Council area
Maldon
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1021
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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 11 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 19984200C0890 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 1998.