Serious A176 crash in Basildon on 16 November 2017 at 16:32 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A176 in Basildon at 16:32 on Thursday 16 November 2017. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Nov 2017
- Thursday, 16:32
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Combo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60147, longitude 0.42168, in the CM12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Noak Hill.
Map of where the crash happened in Basildon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420240206
- Council area
- Basildon
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 176
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Very 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2001.
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the A176 in Basildon, 7 January 2001
2 m awayRef 20014200B0011
Slight
Dennis crash on the A176 in Basildon, 16 March 1998
23 m awayRef 19984200B0133
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A176 in Basildon, 5 September 1994
23 m awayRef 19944200B0540
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A176 in Basildon, 4 December 2007
38 m awayRef 200742I515712
Slight
Car crash on the A176 in Basildon, 16 February 1988
43 m awayRef 19884200B0191
Slight
Car crash on the A176 in Basildon, 8 January 1984
43 m awayRef 19844200B0013
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017420240206 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2017.