A120 crash in Braintree on 1 July 2016 at 17:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A120 in Braintree at 17:05 on Friday 1 July 2016. The 57-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 57-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2016
- Friday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88109, longitude 0.59429, in the CM77 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Braintree
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420081718
- Council area
- Braintree
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 120
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 1995.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A120 in Braintree, 14 July 1995
18 m awayRef 19954200A0446
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the A120 in Braintree, 22 March 2021
21 m awayRef 2021421030412
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A120 in Braintree, 26 April 2008
22 m awayRef 200842I145904
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A120 in Braintree, 15 June 2013
22 m awayRef 201342I165606
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A120 in Braintree, 7 April 2017
24 m awayRef 2017420181409
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on the A120 in Braintree, 14 December 1994
47 m awayRef 19944200A0620
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- 57 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2016420081718 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.