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A1158 crash in Southend-on-Sea on 14 November 1998 at 20:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta, a Ford Sierra and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A1158 in Southend-on-Sea at 20:45 on Saturday 14 November 1998. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta, an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Nov 1998
Saturday, 20:45
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5569, longitude 0.68114, in the SS0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southend-on-Sea.

Map of where the crash happened in Southend-on-Sea

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200H0653
Council area
Southend-on-Sea
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1158
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,602 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

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

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 19984200H0653 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southend-on-Sea road accident statistics for 1998.