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Unclassified road crash in Braintree CO9 on 28 May 2017 at 17:55 involving a Ford Fusion

A Ford Fusion and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Braintree at 17:55 on Sunday 28 May 2017. The 83-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 May 2017
Sunday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Fusion and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97735, longitude 0.57716, in the CO9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sible Hedingham.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017420185921
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2017420185921 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2017.