B1006 crash in Castle Point on 21 July 2011 at 08:15 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the B1006 in Castle Point at 08:15 on Thursday 21 July 2011. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and the 39-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2011
- Thursday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56506, longitude 0.55048, 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 Tarpots, Castle Point, SS7 5TU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201142I281407
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1006
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2004.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 27 May 2004
At the same spotRef 20044200J0203
Slight
Suzuki AP 50 crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 17 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200742I424210
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 28 July 2001
At the same spotRef 20014200J0325
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 26 April 2009
At the same spotRef 200942I121704
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 19 November 2010
At the same spotRef 201042I398111
Slight
Kia Mentor crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 31 May 2005
At the same spotRef 200542J020505
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
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 201142I281407 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 2011.