A13 crash in Castle Point on 24 December 2007 at 14:50 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 14:50 on Monday 24 December 2007. The 34-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2007
- Monday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56749, longitude 0.55033, 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 Tarpots, Castle Point, SS7 5TU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200742I529412
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2005.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 2 December 2005
10 m awayRef 200542J049312
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 2 September 2020
13 m awayRef 2020420989809
Serious
Car crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 19 September 1992
14 m awayRef 19924200B0611
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 26 May 2004
14 m awayRef 20044200J0223
Slight
Volvo crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 31 August 2001
14 m awayRef 20014200J0389
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 12 July 2025
15 m awayRef 2025421615270
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 200742I529412 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 2007.