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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CO9 on 29 August 2014 at 18:05 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Braintree at 18:05 on Friday 29 August 2014. A 7-year-old female pedestrian and an 8-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Aug 2014
Friday, 18:05
Vehicles
1
Fiat 500
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97716, longitude 0.58923, in the CO9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sible Hedingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hedingham, Braintree, CO9 3PT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201442I283208
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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
34%
Estimated chance it was slight
66%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 52 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    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
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 201442I283208 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2014.