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A1169 crash in Harlow on 16 October 2013 at 12:45 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A1169 in Harlow at 12:45 on Wednesday 16 October 2013. The 21-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 2013
Wednesday, 12:45
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75335, longitude 0.07391, in the CM19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Epping West & Rural, Epping Forest, CM19 5DR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Harlow

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201342I323810
Council area
Harlow
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1169
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
9%
Estimated chance it was slight
91%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

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 201342I323810 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Harlow road accident statistics for 2013.