Serious B1026 crash in Maldon on 27 May 2000 at 18:05 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a car were involved in a crash on the B1026 in Maldon at 18:05 on Saturday 27 May 2000. A 44-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Discovery was seriously injured and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery and a 43-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 May 2000
- Saturday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74225, longitude 0.73763, in the CM9 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20004200C0384
- Council area
- Maldon
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1026
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 1997.
Slight
Leyland DAF 200 crash on the B1026 in Maldon, 23 November 1997
At the same spotRef 19974200C0797
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B1026 in Maldon, 19 December 2001
At the same spotRef 20014200C0814
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1026 in Maldon, 8 May 2000
At the same spotRef 20004200C0334
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1026 in Maldon, 5 July 1997
At the same spotRef 19974200C0422
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1026 in Maldon, 27 March 1998
At the same spotRef 19984200C0194
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the B1026 in Maldon, 28 July 2024
1 m awayRef 2024421473115
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 20004200C0384 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 2000.