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A133 crash in Tendring on 2 December 2017 at 17:00 involving a Citroen C4

A Citroen C4, a Vauxhall Zafira and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A133 in Tendring at 17:00 on Saturday 2 December 2017. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Yaris and a 44-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2017
Saturday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Citroen C4 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86079, longitude 1.09903, in the CO16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Weeley & Tendring, Tendring, CO16 0BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017420245206
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
133
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,329 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Yaris)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017420245206 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.