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A282 crash in Thurrock on 11 January 1999 at 07:20 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A282 in Thurrock at 07:20 on Monday 11 January 1999. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 1999
Monday, 07:20
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47253, longitude 0.26537, in the RM20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19994200F0064
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
282
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, 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 19994200F0064 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 1999.