A282 crash in Thurrock on 27 May 2017 at 14:39 involving a Volvo lorry
A Volvo lorry and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A282 in Thurrock at 14:39 on Saturday 27 May 2017. The 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2017
- Saturday, 14:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47589, longitude 0.2666, in the RM20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the West Thurrock & South Stifford, Thurrock, RM20 3FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420185881
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 282
- Road type
- One way street
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2015.
Slight
Iveco crash on the A282 in Thurrock, 18 October 2015
7 m awayRef 201542I325610
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A282 in Thurrock, 28 April 2000
11 m awayRef 20004200F0263
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A282 in Thurrock, 20 February 2003
30 m awayRef 20034200F0145
Serious
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A282 in Thurrock, 21 August 2003
38 m awayRef 20034200F0394
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A282 in Thurrock, 12 October 2001
38 m awayRef 20014200F0571
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A282 in Thurrock, 28 June 1995
40 m awayRef 19954200F0286
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,777 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2017420185881 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.