Serious B1027 crash in Tendring on 22 April 2017 at 17:15 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3, a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a Ford C-Max were involved in a crash on the B1027 in Tendring at 17:15 on Saturday 22 April 2017. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly 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
- 22 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80202, longitude 1.12174, in the CO16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clacton-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bluehouse, Tendring, CO16 8DY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tendring
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420175102
- Council area
- Tendring
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1027
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2011.
Slight
Chevrolet Lacetti crash on the B1027 in Tendring, 14 August 2011
4 m awayRef 201142I254508
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the B1027 in Tendring, 27 June 2025
15 m awayRef 2025421610475
Serious
Peugeot Speedfight crash on the B1027 in Tendring, 19 May 2001
18 m awayRef 20014200D0171
Slight
Minibus crash on the B1027 in Tendring, 9 June 1979
30 m awayRef 1979420040213
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1027 in Tendring, 23 July 2015
30 m awayRef 201542I256107
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the B1027 in Tendring, 21 January 2010
32 m awayRef 201042I014801
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
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
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford C-Max
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford C-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford C-Max)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 3)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017420175102 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 2017.