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A13 crash in Thurrock on 1 December 2000 at 19:05 involving a lorry

A lorry and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A13 in Thurrock at 19:05 on Friday 1 December 2000. The 44-year-old male driver of the other vehicle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 2000
Friday, 19:05
Vehicles
2
Lorry and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49472, longitude 0.30364, in the RM16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200F0670
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
13
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 20004200F0670 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.