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Unclassified road crash in Castle Point SS8 on 30 April 2016 at 16:19 involving a Smart Fortwo

A Smart Fortwo hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Castle Point at 16:19 on Saturday 30 April 2016. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2016
Saturday, 16:19
Vehicles
1
Smart Fortwo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51255, longitude 0.59728, in the SS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canvey Island. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canvey Island East, Castle Point, SS8 7JX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016420062916
Council area
Castle Point
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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

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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Smart Fortwo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 2016420062916 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.