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Serious unclassified road crash in Tendring CO15 on 12 February 2003 at 09:30 involving a Saab 900

A Saab 900 and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tendring at 09:30 on Wednesday 12 February 2003. The 41-year-old female driver of the Saab 900 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Feb 2003
Wednesday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Saab 900 and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80621, longitude 1.20636, in the CO15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clacton-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Bartholomew's, Tendring, CO15 5SP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200D0072
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)

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 20034200D0072 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 2003.