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A127 crash in Rochford on 2 April 1998 at 16:30 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A127 in Rochford at 16:30 on Thursday 2 April 1998. The 53-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Apr 1998
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 406 and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58696, longitude 0.57174, in the SS6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rochford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200J0141
Council area
Rochford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
127
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 19984200J0141 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rochford road accident statistics for 1998.