A131 crash in Braintree on 22 November 2019 at 20:05 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a Ford Streetka were involved in a crash on the A131 in Braintree at 20:05 on Friday 22 November 2019. The 52-year-old female driver of the Ford Streetka and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Ford Streetka were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Nov 2019
- Friday, 20:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and Ford Streetka
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92493, longitude 0.60692, in the CO9 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019420901550
- Council area
- Braintree
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 131
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2023.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A131 in Braintree, 30 January 2023
2 m awayRef 2023421269726
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A131 in Braintree, 9 December 2019
8 m awayRef 2019420907508
Serious
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A131 in Braintree, 5 September 2000
13 m awayRef 20004200A0616
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A131 in Braintree, 14 February 2019
20 m awayRef 2019420816003
Fatal
Suzuki TL 1000 crash on the A131 in Braintree, 28 July 2000
21 m awayRef 20004200A0518
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A131 in Braintree, 27 November 1992
22 m awayRef 19924200C1181
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Streetka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Streetka)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Streetka)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019420901550 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.