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Serious unclassified road crash in Thurrock SS17 on 29 December 2015 at 13:50 involving a BMW X5

A BMW X5 and a Wrightbus Streetlite were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 13:50 on Tuesday 29 December 2015. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 2015
Tuesday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
BMW X5 and Wrightbus Streetlite
Casualties
6
1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53098, longitude 0.45659, in the SS17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stanford-le-Hope. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corringham & Fobbing, Thurrock, SS17 9FL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015420036875
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Wet or damp

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW X5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    2,926 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Wrightbus Streetlite

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    4,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Wrightbus Streetlite)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Wrightbus Streetlite)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Wrightbus Streetlite)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Wrightbus Streetlite)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 3 (Wrightbus Streetlite)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 2015420036875 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.