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A127 crash in Basildon on 17 April 2003 at 15:55 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A127 in Basildon at 15:55 on Thursday 17 April 2003. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Apr 2003
Thursday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Ford Orion
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59157, longitude 0.50966, in the SS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castledon & Crouch, Basildon, SS12 0QB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200B0175
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
127
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Engine capacity
    5,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat 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 20034200B0175 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 2003.