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A13 crash in Thurrock on 2 September 1998 at 23:40 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A13 in Thurrock at 23:40 on Wednesday 2 September 1998. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Sep 1998
Wednesday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48728, longitude 0.26837, in the RM19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200F0481
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Roundabout
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1306

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 7 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    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 19984200F0481 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 1998.