Skip to main content
CrashStats

A133 crash in Tendring on 9 January 2000 at 18:44 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 18:44 on Sunday 9 January 2000. The 27-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Defender and the 79-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 2000
Sunday, 18:44
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Defender and Toyota Avensis
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86819, longitude 1.07463, in the CO7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200D0007
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
133
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)

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 20004200D0007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 2000.