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B1027 crash in Tendring on 17 September 1998 at 07:40 involving a Ford Fiesta

Four vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Golf, were involved in a crash on the B1027 in Tendring at 07:40 on Thursday 17 September 1998. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Sep 1998
Thursday, 07:40
Vehicles
4
Ford Fiesta and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83933, longitude 1.04154, in the CO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thorrington.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200D0331
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1027
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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 18 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 19984200D0331 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 1998.