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Serious A120 crash in Tendring on 29 April 2018 at 11:17 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series and a Mercedes B Class were involved in a crash on the A120 in Tendring at 11:17 on Sunday 29 April 2018. A 48-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Apr 2018
Sunday, 11:17
Vehicles
2
BMW 5 Series and Mercedes B Class
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92114, longitude 0.93559, in the CO4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9QT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018420288191
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1232

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes B Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 5 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2018420288191 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 2018.