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Serious A127 crash in Basildon on 16 May 2004 at 05:36 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A127 in Basildon at 05:36 on Sunday 16 May 2004. The 61-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 190 was seriously injured and the male driver of the minibus and a 29-year-old female passenger in the minibus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 May 2004
Sunday, 05:36
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 190 and minibus
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.584, longitude 0.43822, in the SS15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fryerns, Basildon, SS14 3GD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044200B0224
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
127
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
176

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

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

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 20044200B0224 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2004.