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Serious unclassified road crash in Braintree CO9 on 29 August 2017 at 09:30 involving a Suzuki Vitara

A Suzuki Vitara crashed on an unclassified road in Braintree at 09:30 on Tuesday 29 August 2017. The 58-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Aug 2017
Tuesday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Vitara
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01476, longitude 0.5255, in the CO9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Braintree

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017420214343
Council area
Braintree
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2017420214343 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.