A129 crash in Castle Point on 25 April 2008 at 15:23 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A129 in Castle Point at 15:23 on Friday 25 April 2008. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 2008
- Friday, 15:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56947, longitude 0.59532, 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 Thundersley South, Castle Point, SS7 3DF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200842I145504
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 129
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2018.
Slight
Sym Jet crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 2 April 2018
3 m awayRef 2018420281278
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 17 December 2017
5 m awayRef 2017420256380
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on an unclassified road in Castle Point, 7 July 2014
10 m awayRef 201442I232207
Serious
Car crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 17 July 2009
10 m awayRef 200942I222907
Slight
Car crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 9 April 2008
10 m awayRef 200842I131304
Serious
Ford Puma crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 12 August 2023
10 m awayRef 2023421340927
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 200842I145504 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 2008.