A1306 crash in Thurrock on 26 December 2015 at 19:55 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Peugeot 3008 were involved in a crash on the A1306 in Thurrock at 19:55 on Saturday 26 December 2015. A 22-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 3008 and a 48-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 3008 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2015
- Saturday, 19:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Peugeot 3008
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49066, longitude 0.27965, in the RM20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chafford Hundred West, Thurrock, RM16 6DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015420036784
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1306
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2011.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 20 December 2011
24 m awayRef 201142I425012
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 23 May 2020
36 m awayRef 2020420952973
Serious
Bedford crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 16 September 1991
39 m awayRef 19914200F0718
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 9 November 2012
42 m awayRef 201242I367511
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 11 August 2020
59 m awayRef 2020420971525
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 15 August 2017
59 m awayRef 2017420210556
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)
- 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 2015420036784 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2015.