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A137 crash in Tendring on 28 August 2003 at 21:48 involving a Mercedes E Class

A Mercedes E Class and a Ford Puma were involved in a crash on the A137 in Tendring at 21:48 on Thursday 28 August 2003. The 71-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class and the 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Puma were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Aug 2003
Thursday, 21:48
Vehicles
2
Mercedes E Class and Ford Puma
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9255, longitude 0.97628, in the CO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ardleigh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardleigh & Little Bromley, Tendring, CO7 7NY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200D0344
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
137
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Puma)

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 20034200D0344 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.