B1389 crash in Braintree on 10 March 2011 at 16:47 involving a Peugeot 206
A car and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the B1389 in Braintree at 16:47 on Thursday 10 March 2011. The 51-year-old male driver of the car and the 36-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Mar 2011
- Thursday, 16:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79421, longitude 0.63229, in the CM8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Witham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Witham South, Braintree, CM8 1JU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201142I072003
- Council area
- Braintree
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1389
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 2019.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 21 September 2019
4 m awayRef 2019420879827
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 18 November 2000
10 m awayRef 20004200A0845
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 3 February 2006
10 m awayRef 200642A005302
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on a C road in Braintree, 6 September 2025
11 m awayRef 2025421638142
Slight
Aprilia SR 50 crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 1 May 2012
14 m awayRef 201242I123205
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 30 October 2010
14 m awayRef 201042I354710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
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 201142I072003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2011.