Fatal A13 crash in Castle Point on 7 January 2016 at 06:08 involving a Nissan Juke
A Nissan Juke hit a pedestrian on the A13 in Castle Point at 06:08 on Thursday 7 January 2016. A 44-year-old female pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 7 Jan 2016
- Thursday, 06:08
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55443, longitude 0.60472, in the SS7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Thundersley and South Benfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Michael's, Castle Point, SS7 2RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420037891
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 13
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2006.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 2 February 2006
1 m awayRef 200642J005002
Slight
Car crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 6 July 1996
9 m awayRef 19964200J0293
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 29 October 2013
11 m awayRef 201342I341710
Slight
Wrightbus Streetlite crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 26 November 2025
12 m awayRef 2025421674978
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 19 June 1997
13 m awayRef 19974200J0261
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A13 in Castle Point, 17 April 2025
16 m awayRef 2025421579198
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalFemale, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Juke)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- 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 2016420037891 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 2016.