A133 crash in Tendring on 26 November 2010 at 13:13 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a Mercedes were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 13:13 on Friday 26 November 2010. The 39-year-old female driver of the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2010
- Friday, 13:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87079, longitude 1.04749, in the CO7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Bentleys & Frating, Tendring, CO7 7DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tendring
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201042I415211
- Council area
- Tendring
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 133
- Road type
- Single 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, 35 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 August 2025.
Serious
Van crash on the A133 in Tendring, 3 August 2025
35 m awayRef 2025421624276
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A133 in Tendring, 22 February 2005
100 m awayRef 200542D004802
Slight
Car crash on the A133 in Tendring, 2 July 1984
130 m awayRef 19844200E0562
Slight
Car crash on the A133 in Tendring, 25 November 1982
130 m awayRef 1982420040466
Slight
Car crash on the A133 in Tendring, 18 July 1994
146 m awayRef 19944200D0130
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A133 in Tendring, 6 November 2018
159 m awayRef 2018420341843
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,188 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
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 201042I415211 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 2010.