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Fatal A127 crash in Rochford on 28 October 2019 at 03:03 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A127 in Rochford at 03:03 on Monday 28 October 2019. The 32-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Oct 2019
Monday, 03:03
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57724, longitude 0.59896, in the SS6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wheatley, Rochford, SS6 7TQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rochford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019420892225
Council area
Rochford
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
127
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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 unlit
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    23 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019420892225 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.