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Serious B1352 crash in Tendring on 15 December 2017 at 17:40 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi

A Vauxhall Zafira taxi hit a pedestrian on the B1352 in Tendring at 17:40 on Friday 15 December 2017. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 2017
Friday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93515, longitude 1.26947, in the CO12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Harwich. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dovercourt All Saints, Tendring, CO12 4ED area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017420249691
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
1352
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 September 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2017420249691 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.