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Serious A13 crash in Castle Point on 12 July 2013 at 06:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 06:10 on Friday 12 July 2013. The 58-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 42-year-old male driver of the taxi were seriously 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
Serious
Date
12 Jul 2013
Friday, 06:10
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and taxi
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56274, longitude 0.57509, 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 3EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201342I194707
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 201342I194707 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.