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Unclassified road crash in Basildon SS15 on 31 December 2001 at 12:25 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Daewoo Lanos were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basildon at 12:25 on Monday 31 December 2001. A 6-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series and the 38-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2001
Monday, 12:25
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Daewoo Lanos
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57301, longitude 0.42147, in the SS15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lee Chapel North, Basildon, SS15 6NL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20014200B0660
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 2 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daewoo Lanos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

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 20014200B0660 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2001.