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Serious A133 crash in Tendring on 25 November 1998 at 12:22 involving a Seat Marbella

A Seat Marbella and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 12:22 on Wednesday 25 November 1998. The 70-year-old male driver of the Seat Marbella was seriously injured and the 45-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Nov 1998
Wednesday, 12:22
Vehicles
2
Seat Marbella and Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8246, longitude 1.13315, in the CO16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200D0448
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
133
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Marbella

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    843 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Marbella)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

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 19984200D0448 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.