A133 crash in Tendring on 22 February 2005 at 09:26 involving a Volkswagen Caddy
A Volkswagen Caddy and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 09:26 on Tuesday 22 February 2005. A 25-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra and a 74-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Caddy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2005
- Tuesday, 09:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Caddy and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87082, longitude 1.04604, in the CO7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Bentleys & Frating, Tendring, CO7 7DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tendring
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200542D004802
- 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
- 133
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A133 in Tendring, 6 November 2018
59 m awayRef 2018420341843
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A133 in Tendring, 26 November 2010
100 m awayRef 201042I415211
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A133 in Tendring, 1 July 2008
100 m awayRef 200842I234107
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A133 in Tendring, 3 February 2021
104 m awayRef 2021421019361
Serious
Van crash on the A133 in Tendring, 3 August 2025
129 m awayRef 2025421624276
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A133 in Tendring, 18 August 2003
150 m awayRef 20034200D0318
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Caddy)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200542D004802 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 2005.