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Fatal unclassified road crash in Maldon CM9 on 5 February 2006 at 17:09 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maldon at 17:09 on Sunday 5 February 2006. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was killed, the 42-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and a 15-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Feb 2006
Sunday, 17:09
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70594, longitude 0.69751, in the CM9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Maldon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200642C007002
Council area
Maldon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 200642C007002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 2006.