A13 crash in Castle Point on 9 July 2013 at 08:45 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 08:45 on Tuesday 9 July 2013. The 55-year-old female driver of the Honda Accord was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jul 2013
- Tuesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55473, longitude 0.60437, 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
- 201342I191807
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 20 December 2014
3 m awayRef 201442I439212
Slight
Volvo crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 21 June 2011
6 m awayRef 201142I187606
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 8 December 1998
6 m awayRef 19984200J0566
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 4 May 1993
14 m awayRef 19934200B0273
Slight
Bus crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 2 March 2007
20 m awayRef 200742I085803
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 17 April 2025
26 m awayRef 2025421579198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)
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 201342I191807 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.