Unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM18 on 18 October 2003 at 18:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 18:00 on Saturday 18 October 2003. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2003
- Saturday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4823, longitude 0.38468, in the RM18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20034200F0482
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 June 2002.
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 20 June 2002
10 m awayRef 20024200F0301
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 18 July 1991
10 m awayRef 19914200F0551
Slight
Renault 21 crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 17 June 1992
10 m awayRef 19924200F0426
Serious
Honda crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 11 October 1995
10 m awayRef 19954200F0476
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 10 August 1992
20 m awayRef 19924200F0543
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 19 December 2007
30 m awayRef 200742I528412
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- 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 20034200F0482 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2003.