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A129 crash in Basildon on 16 December 2000 at 00:00 involving a Nissan Almera

A Nissan Almera and a Ford Escort taxi were involved in a crash on the A129 in Basildon at 00:00 on Saturday 16 December 2000. The 46-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2000
Saturday, 00:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Almera and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61115, longitude 0.5236, in the SS12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200B0696
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
129
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, 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 27 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, taxi 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 20004200B0696 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2000.