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A126 crash in Thurrock on 5 December 1999 at 02:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A van and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A126 in Thurrock at 02:30 on Sunday 5 December 1999. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1999
Sunday, 02:30
Vehicles
2
Van and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47623, longitude 0.28773, in the RM20 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
19994200F0672
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
126
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 19994200F0672 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.