Serious A13 crash in Castle Point on 27 November 2018 at 01:16 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A13 in Castle Point at 01:16 on Tuesday 27 November 2018. An 18-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 27 Nov 2018; Tuesday, 01:16
Vehicles: 1; Ford Fiesta
Casualties: 2; 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2018420347396
Council area: Castle Point
Police force: Essex
Police attended the scene: No
Highway authority: Essex

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 13
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph
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: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band: Moderately serious
How severity was recorded: From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious: 100%
Estimated chance it was slight: 0%

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
Position at junction
Not at or within 20 metres of junction
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Bus stop or bus shelter
First point of impact
Nearside
Left-hand drive
No
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
19 years
Engine capacity
1,242 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
17 years

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
Serious
Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger
Serious injury band
Moderately serious

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 2018420347396 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 2018.