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A131 crash in Braintree on 11 February 2003 at 11:10 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a Citroen C5 were involved in a crash on the A131 in Braintree at 11:10 on Tuesday 11 February 2003. A 56-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Feb 2003
Tuesday, 11:10
Vehicles
2
Dennis and Citroen C5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94396, longitude 0.63596, in the CO9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Halstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Halstead St Andrew's, Braintree, CO9 2JN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200A0101
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
131
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 5 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 20034200A0101 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2003.