A129 crash in Castle Point on 26 April 2017 at 10:00 involving a Volkswagen Jetta
A Volkswagen Jetta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A129 in Castle Point at 10:00 on Wednesday 26 April 2017. The 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2017
- Wednesday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Jetta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56589, longitude 0.59648, 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 Thundersley South, Castle Point, SS7 3DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Castle Point
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420176242
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- T or staggered 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1994.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 27 August 1994
9 m awayRef 19944200J0244
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 19 April 2001
9 m awayRef 20014200J0158
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 8 September 2004
9 m awayRef 20044200J0370
Serious
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 20 May 1999
9 m awayRef 19994200J0268
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 24 September 1993
9 m awayRef 19934200B0675
Serious
Aprilia crash on the A129 in Castle Point, 30 April 2002
9 m awayRef 20024200J0186
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 35, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2017420176242 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 2017.