A128 crash in Brentwood on 31 May 2008 at 14:02 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A128 in Brentwood at 14:02 on Saturday 31 May 2008. The 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 42-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were 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
- 31 May 2008
- Saturday, 14:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59917, longitude 0.34676, in the CM13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ingrave and Herongate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon, Brentwood, CM13 3RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brentwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200842I190405
- Council area
- Brentwood
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 128
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2011.
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A128 in Brentwood, 24 June 2011
22 m awayRef 201142I200006
Serious
Car crash on the A128 in Brentwood, 1 December 2008
22 m awayRef 200842I440612
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A128 in Brentwood, 1 February 2002
32 m awayRef 20024200G0093
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A128 in Brentwood, 28 September 2000
32 m awayRef 20004200G0899
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the A128 in Brentwood, 28 June 2004
32 m awayRef 20044200G0530
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A128 in Brentwood, 8 September 2003
32 m awayRef 20034200G0840
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200842I190405 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brentwood road accident statistics for 2008.