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Unclassified road crash in Tendring CO16 on 5 August 2003 at 16:20 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Volkswagen minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Tendring at 16:20 on Tuesday 5 August 2003. A 29-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen minibus and a 4-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen minibus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 2003
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Volkswagen
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80136, longitude 1.07806, in the CO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Osyth, Tendring, CO16 8QQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200D0306
Council area
Tendring
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
30 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, 102 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,570 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen)

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 20034200D0306 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.