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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CO9 on 5 May 2016 at 10:55 involving a MAN lorry

A MAN lorry hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Braintree at 10:55 on Thursday 5 May 2016. A 51-year-old female pedestrian and a 73-year-old female pedestrian were 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
5 May 2016
Thursday, 10:55
Vehicles
1
MAN
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97671, longitude 0.59291, in the CO9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sible Hedingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hedingham, Braintree, CO9 3PT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016420064951
Council area
Braintree
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
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
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MAN

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    6,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (MAN)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (MAN)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

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 2016420064951 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2016.