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Fatal B1335 crash in Thurrock on 18 October 2003 at 04:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and two Ford Focus cars were involved in a crash on the B1335 in Thurrock at 04:45 on Saturday 18 October 2003. A 15-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 14-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were killed and the 16-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Oct 2003
Saturday, 04:45
Vehicles
3
Ford Fiesta and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50229, longitude 0.28889, in the RM15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belhus, Thurrock, RM15 5QS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200F0491
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1335
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 20034200F0491 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.