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Unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM18 on 8 October 2001 at 15:45 involving a Mazda E2200 van

A Mazda E2200 van and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 15:45 on Monday 8 October 2001. The 79-year-old male driver of the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 2001
Monday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Mazda E2200 and Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46463, longitude 0.36936, in the RM18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tilbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tilbury St Chads, Thurrock, RM18 8LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20014200F0551
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda E2200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,184 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

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 20014200F0551 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 2001.