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Serious A133 crash in Tendring on 24 March 2007 at 18:45 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 18:45 on Saturday 24 March 2007. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were 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
Serious
Date
24 Mar 2007
Saturday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Fiat Punto and Toyota Carina
Casualties
5
2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87017, longitude 1.06096, in the CO7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Bentleys & Frating, Tendring, CO7 8RY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200742I110703
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
133
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
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 August 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200742I110703 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 2007.