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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CM77 on 27 February 2007 at 19:15 involving a BMW 3 Series

A car and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 19:15 on Tuesday 27 February 2007. The 18-year-old female driver of the car, the 23-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 22-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 2007
Tuesday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Car and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86008, longitude 0.59808, in the CM77 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Silver End & Cressing, Braintree, CM77 8JE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200742I080202
Council area
Braintree
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
50 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
33%
Estimated chance it was slight
67%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North 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
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 200742I080202 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2007.