Serious A1013 crash in Thurrock on 5 May 2017 at 15:15 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the A1013 in Thurrock at 15:15 on Friday 5 May 2017. A 32-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Fusion and a 6-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Ford Fusion were seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 5 May 2017
- Friday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fusion and Hyundai i10
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47843, longitude 0.32314, in the RM17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grays. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grays Town, Thurrock, RM17 6NP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420179605
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1013
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2022.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A126 in Thurrock, 3 September 2022
3 m awayRef 2022421215228
Slight
Suzuki GSF 1200 crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 17 December 2016
4 m awayRef 2016420139063
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A126 in Thurrock, 20 July 1991
6 m awayRef 19914200F0560
Slight
DAF Trucks FT 2500 crash on the A126 in Thurrock, 29 September 1995
6 m awayRef 19954200F0458
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A126 in Thurrock, 22 February 1993
11 m awayRef 19934200F0090
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1013 in Thurrock, 16 October 2012
13 m awayRef 201242I328510
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017420179605 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.