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Serious unclassified road crash in Southend-on-Sea SS0 on 14 October 2019 at 12:10 involving a Ford S-Max

A car and a Ford S-Max were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Southend-on-Sea at 12:10 on Monday 14 October 2019. The 68-year-old male driver of the Ford S-Max was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Oct 2019
Monday, 12:10
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford S-Max
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.54028, longitude 0.67844, in the SS0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Southend-on-Sea. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chalkwell, Southend-on-Sea, SS0 8SP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Southend-on-Sea

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019420887563
Council area
Southend-on-Sea
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    46 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford S-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford S-Max)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2019420887563 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Southend-on-Sea road accident statistics for 2019.