Serious B1014 crash in Castle Point on 13 August 2016 at 09:30 involving a Vauxhall Signum
A Vauxhall Signum and a Hyundai i30 were involved in a crash on the B1014 in Castle Point at 09:30 on Saturday 13 August 2016. The 71-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i30 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Aug 2016
- Saturday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Signum and Hyundai i30
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55275, longitude 0.59012, 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 Thundersley South, Castle Point, SS7 1PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420099537
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1014
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2004.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B1014 in Castle Point, 23 July 2004
9 m awayRef 20044200J0302
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B1014 in Castle Point, 7 November 2012
9 m awayRef 201242I370211
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the B1014 in Castle Point, 13 December 1991
31 m awayRef 19914200B0852
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1014 in Castle Point, 19 October 2019
32 m awayRef 2019420892684
Serious
Yamaha YQ 100 crash on the B1014 in Castle Point, 18 June 2003
44 m awayRef 20034200J0234
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1014 in Castle Point, 5 October 2017
46 m awayRef 2017420226353
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Signum
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,175 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,591 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i30)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016420099537 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.