B1033 crash in Tendring on 20 August 2017 at 11:42 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the B1033 in Tendring at 11:42 on Sunday 20 August 2017. A 2-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 and a 5-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series were 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
- 20 Aug 2017
- Sunday, 11:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84214, longitude 1.22199, in the CO13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirby Cross. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirby Cross, Tendring, CO13 0LD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tendring
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420215598
- Council area
- Tendring
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1033
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 July 2025.
Serious
Mercedes Citan crash on the B1033 in Tendring, 28 July 2025
5 m awayRef 2025421622389
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1033 in Tendring, 4 March 1994
5 m awayRef 19944200E0184
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1033 in Tendring, 9 September 2025
11 m awayRef 2025421639450
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1033 in Tendring, 6 November 1995
13 m awayRef 19954200D0447
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1033 in Tendring, 22 July 1993
13 m awayRef 19934200E0567
Slight
Car crash on the B1336 in Tendring, 9 January 2005
13 m awayRef 200542D005101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2017420215598 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 2017.