A13 crash in Castle Point on 27 January 2013 at 11:50 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 11:50 on Sunday 27 January 2013. The 35-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 2013
- Sunday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55784, longitude 0.59944, 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 St Michael's, Castle Point, SS7 2RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201342I037401
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 129
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1995.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 19 June 1995
4 m awayRef 19954200J0270
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 20 June 2004
6 m awayRef 20044200J0246
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 17 March 1993
6 m awayRef 19934200B0169
Slight
Van crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 24 April 2009
6 m awayRef 200942I130304
Slight
Leyland National crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 18 March 1997
6 m awayRef 19974200J0118
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 18 November 2008
6 m awayRef 200842I414311
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 201342I037401 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 2013.