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Serious unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM15 on 23 July 2000 at 16:00 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 16:00 on Sunday 23 July 2000. The male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured and the 48-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jul 2000
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49829, longitude 0.2446, in the RM15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aveley.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200F0386
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 20004200F0386 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 2000.