B1389 crash in Braintree on 21 September 2019 at 11:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the B1389 in Braintree at 11:30 on Saturday 21 September 2019. The 39-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus 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
- 21 Sep 2019
- Saturday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ford Kuga
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79425, longitude 0.63234, in the CM8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Witham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Witham South, Braintree, CM8 1JU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019420879827
- Council area
- Braintree
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1389
- 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
- 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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 2011.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 10 March 2011
4 m awayRef 201142I072003
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 3 February 2006
6 m awayRef 200642A005302
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 18 November 2000
9 m awayRef 20004200A0845
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on a C road in Braintree, 6 September 2025
12 m awayRef 2025421638142
Slight
Aprilia SR 50 crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 1 May 2012
13 m awayRef 201242I123205
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on the B1389 in Braintree, 30 October 2010
13 m awayRef 201042I354710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019420879827 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Braintree road accident statistics for 2019.