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Fatal unclassified road crash in Maldon CM3 on 4 January 2002 at 16:50 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maldon at 16:50 on Friday 4 January 2002. The 20-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Jan 2002
Friday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68079, longitude 0.63699, in the CM3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maldon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20024200C0010
Council area
Maldon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 20024200C0010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 2002.