Unclassified road crash in Basildon SS13 on 29 December 2018 at 23:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basildon at 23:50 on Saturday 29 December 2018. A male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2018
- Saturday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57527, longitude 0.51079, in the SS13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basildon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pitsea North West, Basildon, SS13 1AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Basildon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018420352811
- Council area
- Basildon
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 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, 26 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 November 2016.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Basildon, 23 November 2016
26 m awayRef 2016420129292
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Basildon, 31 October 2009
33 m awayRef 200942I368210
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Basildon, 9 April 1994
42 m awayRef 19944200B0243
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Basildon, 1 July 2004
42 m awayRef 20044200B0324
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Basildon, 24 April 1993
42 m awayRef 19934200B0254
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Basildon, 5 February 2003
42 m awayRef 20034200B0042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightCar occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2018420352811 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2018.