A129 crash in Basildon on 14 December 2016 at 17:47 involving a BMW 6 Series
A BMW 6 Series and two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the A129 in Basildon at 17:47 on Wednesday 14 December 2016. The 54-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 17:47
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 6 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61323, longitude 0.53192, in the SS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wickford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wickford North, Basildon, SS11 8AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Basildon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420137380
- Council area
- Basildon
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 129
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A129 in Basildon, 28 March 1979
31 m awayRef 1979420020218
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A129 in Basildon, 22 March 1991
31 m awayRef 19914200B0208
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A129 in Basildon, 24 September 1990
31 m awayRef 19904200B0816
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A129 in Basildon, 4 April 1985
31 m awayRef 19854200B0216
Slight
Car crash on the A129 in Basildon, 22 November 1980
31 m awayRef 1980420020899
Slight
Car crash on the A129 in Basildon, 24 April 1981
31 m awayRef 1981420020327
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 6 Series
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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2016420137380 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2016.