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A13 crash in Brentwood on 20 January 2000 at 22:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A13 in Brentwood at 22:40 on Thursday 20 January 2000. The 35-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 2000
Thursday, 22:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49775, longitude 0.27267, in the RM15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Brentwood

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200F0029
Council area
Brentwood
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 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
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 24 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    11,705 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 20004200F0029 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brentwood road accident statistics for 2000.