Unclassified road crash in Rochford SS5 on 1 October 2018 at 10:20 involving a Suzuki Swift
A lorry, a Suzuki Swift and two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rochford at 10:20 on Monday 1 October 2018. The 21-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Oct 2018
- Monday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki Swift and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59884, longitude 0.65841, in the SS5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hockley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hockley, Rochford, SS5 4BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Rochford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018420331558
- Council area
- Rochford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 37 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1990.
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B1013 in Rochford, 3 November 1990
37 m awayRef 19904200H1024
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the B1013 in Rochford, 13 March 2008
62 m awayRef 200842I093503
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1013 in Rochford, 21 October 1992
65 m awayRef 19924200H0743
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Rochford, 17 June 2003
69 m awayRef 20034200J0236
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1013 in Rochford, 24 June 2001
72 m awayRef 20014200J0268
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on the B1013 in Rochford, 24 June 1994
72 m awayRef 19944200J0135
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018420331558 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rochford road accident statistics for 2018.