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B1014 crash in Castle Point on 8 December 1998 at 18:23 involving a Volkswagen Corrado

A car and a Volkswagen Corrado were involved in a crash on the B1014 in Castle Point at 18:23 on Tuesday 8 December 1998. The 52-year-old male driver of the car, a female passenger in the car and the 33-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Corrado were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 18:23
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Corrado
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53488, longitude 0.56765, in the SS8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200J0565
Council area
Castle Point
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1014
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
Auto traffic signal
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
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 4 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Corrado

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,861 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Corrado)

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 19984200J0565 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 1998.