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Serious B188 crash in Thurrock on 29 September 2016 at 03:37 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B188 in Thurrock at 03:37 on Thursday 29 September 2016. The 21-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Sep 2016
Thursday, 03:37
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5269, longitude 0.3668, in the RM16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Orsett, Horndon & Bulphan, Thurrock, RM16 3EL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016420110471
Council area
Thurrock
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
188
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2016420110471 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2016.