Unclassified road crash in Castle Point SS7 on 19 August 2006 at 15:20 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A London Taxis Int. TX1 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point at 15:20 on Saturday 19 August 2006. The 11-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 2006
- Saturday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- London Taxis Int. TX1 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55778, longitude 0.61168, in the SS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thundersley and South Benfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Castle Point, SS7 2RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200642I329908
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2010.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 5 December 2010
22 m awayRef 201042I403512
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 15 March 2009
22 m awayRef 200942I074203
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 19 July 1991
32 m awayRef 19914200B0452
Slight
Yamaha MT crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 24 October 2023
36 m awayRef 2023421366267
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 19 September 1983
57 m awayRef 19834200B0606
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 24 May 2023
59 m awayRef 2023421311131
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 11, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 200642I329908 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 2006.