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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CM8 on 18 December 2007 at 19:20 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 19:20 on Tuesday 18 December 2007. The 18-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2007
Tuesday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Renault Clio and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84274, longitude 0.57719, in the CM8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatfield Peverel & Terling, Braintree, CM8 1RG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200742I520112
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

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 200742I520112 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.