A1089 crash in Thurrock on 12 April 2017 at 13:15 involving a BMW 3 Series
Four vehicles, including a BMW 3 Series and a van, were involved in a crash on the A1089 in Thurrock at 13:15 on Wednesday 12 April 2017. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 2017
- Wednesday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW 3 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48139, longitude 0.35498, in the RM17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grays. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Thurrock Blackshots, Thurrock, RM16 2DQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420172707
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1089
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2002.
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 19 April 2002
29 m awayRef 20024200F0173
Fatal
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 4 January 1995
37 m awayRef 19954200F0006
Slight
Car crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 1 July 1984
50 m awayRef 19844200F0427
Slight
Car crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 29 January 2023
56 m awayRef 2023421277560
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 10 July 2024
89 m awayRef 2024421466177
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1089 in Thurrock, 3 April 1986
91 m awayRef 19864200F0230
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Volvo
Other vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2017420172707 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 2017.