B186 crash in Thurrock on 17 February 2005 at 23:50 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B186 in Thurrock at 23:50 on Thursday 17 February 2005. A 23-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2005
- Thursday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen ZX and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50084, longitude 0.29429, in the RM15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belhus, Thurrock, RM15 6AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200542F007002
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 186
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 1999.
Slight
Lada Samara crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 25 December 1999
At the same spotRef 19994200F0724
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 7 September 1992
At the same spotRef 19924200F0617
Slight
Leyland Freighter crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 27 January 1998
At the same spotRef 19984200F0044
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 21 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200942I351210
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 20 January 2016
7 m awayRef 2016420039691
Serious
Volvo C30 crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 26 July 2022
9 m awayRef 2022421202871
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200542F007002 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 2005.