Unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM16 on 27 December 2017 at 17:45 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van and a Nissan Juke were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 17:45 on Wednesday 27 December 2017. The 41-year-old male driver of the Nissan Juke, a 39-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Juke and the 46-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Custom van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2017
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Custom and Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48994, longitude 0.34229, in the RM16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grays. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Thurrock Rectory, Thurrock, RM17 5NP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420252553
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2002.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 22 October 2002
2 m awayRef 20024200F0538
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 4 November 2010
2 m awayRef 201042I361511
Slight
Hyundai Lantra crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 18 April 2003
2 m awayRef 20034200F0172
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 27 August 2000
10 m awayRef 20004200F0462
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 13 May 2002
10 m awayRef 20024200F0254
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 6 May 2022
13 m awayRef 2022421173678
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Juke)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Juke)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017420252553 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2017.