Serious B1006 crash in Castle Point on 4 November 2016 at 08:24 involving a Volkswagen UP
A lorry and a Volkswagen UP were involved in a crash on the B1006 in Castle Point at 08:24 on Friday 4 November 2016. The 48-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen UP was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Nov 2016
- Friday, 08:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Volkswagen UP
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55409, longitude 0.55789, 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 St Mary's, Castle Point, SS7 5HA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420123047
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1006
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1992.
Slight
Leyland National crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 5 March 1992
6 m awayRef 19924200B0141
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 23 September 2020
7 m awayRef 2020420984111
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 20 November 2000
9 m awayRef 20004200J0611
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 14 June 2009
9 m awayRef 200942I183606
Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 28 September 2007
9 m awayRef 200742I410209
Slight
Car crash on the B1006 in Castle Point, 18 April 2013
10 m awayRef 201342I111804
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
- 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 2016420123047 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.