A127 crash in Brentwood on 11 December 2015 at 16:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A127 in Brentwood at 16:50 on Friday 11 December 2015. The 29-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2015
- Friday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57894, longitude 0.35169, in the CM13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon, Brentwood, CM13 3LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Brentwood
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015420035336
- Council area
- Brentwood
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 127
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 27 July 2025
6 m awayRef 2025421621404
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 4 September 1992
6 m awayRef 19924200F0608
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 29 May 1992
8 m awayRef 19924200F0347
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 26 August 2010
8 m awayRef 201042I271408
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 12 March 2022
10 m awayRef 2022421153089
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 11 August 2020
13 m awayRef 2020420971653
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
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 2015420035336 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Brentwood road accident statistics for 2015.