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Fatal unclassified road crash in Rochford SS5 on 27 August 2019 at 12:36 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Rochford at 12:36 on Tuesday 27 August 2019. An 83-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Aug 2019
Tuesday, 12:36
Vehicles
1
Goods vehicle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.602, longitude 0.65702, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019420873263
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Goods vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2019420873263 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 2019.