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Serious unclassified road crash in Maldon CM3 on 11 January 2007 at 15:00 involving a Leyland bus

A car and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Maldon at 15:00 on Thursday 11 January 2007. The 24-year-old male driver of the car, the 50-year-old male driver of the Leyland bus and a 26-year-old male passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jan 2007
Thursday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Leyland
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67643, longitude 0.74827, in the CM3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Althorne, Maldon, CM3 6LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Maldon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200742I006701
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
Daylight
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 serious injury crash on 9 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    23 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 200742I006701 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 2007.