Serious A133 crash in Tendring on 5 August 2013 at 14:35 involving a Ford KA
Five vehicles, including a Ford KA and two Ford Fiestas, were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 14:35 on Monday 5 August 2013. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Aug 2013
- Monday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 5
- Ford KA and 4 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84602, longitude 1.10642, in the CO16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Tendring
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201342I230408
- Council area
- Tendring
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 133
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2018.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A133 in Tendring, 1 October 2018
2 m awayRef 2018420331510
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A133 in Tendring, 12 December 2000
15 m awayRef 20004200D0473
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A133 in Tendring, 19 March 2002
15 m awayRef 20024200D0090
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A133 in Tendring, 26 September 1999
19 m awayRef 19994200D0353
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A133 in Tendring, 28 August 2000
23 m awayRef 20004200D0317
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A133 in Tendring, 25 August 2004
26 m awayRef 20044200D0300
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 5: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201342I230408 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 2013.