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Serious A1017 crash in Braintree on 1 December 2015 at 12:25 involving a Peugeot 207

A Peugeot 207 hit two pedestrians on the A1017 in Braintree at 12:25 on Tuesday 1 December 2015. A 2-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 25-year-old female pedestrian was slightly 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
1 Dec 2015
Tuesday, 12:25
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 207
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97652, longitude 0.59308, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015420034071
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1017
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Less serious

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 2015420034071 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 2015.