A13 crash in Castle Point on 10 August 2014 at 11:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the A13 in Castle Point at 11:10 on Sunday 10 August 2014. All five casualties were 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
- 10 Aug 2014
- Sunday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5554, longitude 0.60318, 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
- 201442I263308
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 28 April 2022
7 m awayRef 2022421172429
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 10 September 1997
11 m awayRef 19974200J0381
Slight
Dennis crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 25 October 2000
14 m awayRef 20004200J0549
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 17 October 2003
14 m awayRef 20034200J0442
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 1 December 2020
17 m awayRef 2020421002905
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 12 March 1997
17 m awayRef 19974200J0098
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201442I263308 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 2014.