Serious A13 crash in Thurrock on 19 December 2007 at 20:14 involving a Nissan Micra
A car and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A13 in Thurrock at 20:14 on Wednesday 19 December 2007. The 20-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was seriously injured and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Dec 2007
- Wednesday, 20:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50066, longitude 0.31705, in the RM16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stifford, Thurrock, RM16 2BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200742I540112
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1012
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 2013.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A13 in Thurrock, 4 March 2013
19 m awayRef 201342I060703
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A13 in Thurrock, 26 March 1992
22 m awayRef 19924200F0200
Slight
Lorry crash on the A13 in Thurrock, 26 July 1982
28 m awayRef 1982420060302
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A13 in Thurrock, 2 November 2012
32 m awayRef 201242I349411
Slight
Fiat 1050 crash on the A13 in Thurrock, 30 October 1992
32 m awayRef 19924200F0778
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the A13 in Thurrock, 8 December 2003
32 m awayRef 20034200F0591
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 200742I540112 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2007.