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Serious unclassified road crash in Southend-on-Sea SS9 on 8 December 2016 at 15:45 involving a Toyota Aygo

A Toyota Aygo and a mobility scooter were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southend-on-Sea at 15:45 on Thursday 8 December 2016. The 91-year-old female rider of the mobility scooter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 2016
Thursday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Toyota Aygo and mobility scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55245, longitude 0.62984, in the SS9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southend-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hadleigh St James, Castle Point, SS7 2EE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016420135387
Council area
Southend-on-Sea
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    91 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 91, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 2 (Mobility scooter)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2016420135387 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southend-on-Sea road accident statistics for 2016.