Serious A1306 crash in Thurrock on 23 May 2020 at 14:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a car were involved in a crash on the A1306 in Thurrock at 14:30 on Saturday 23 May 2020. A 23-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured and the 34-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 May 2020
- Saturday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49071, longitude 0.27916, in the RM20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chafford Hundred West, Thurrock, RM16 6DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020420952973
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1306
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2012.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 9 November 2012
16 m awayRef 201242I367511
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 20 December 2011
21 m awayRef 201142I425012
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 15 August 2017
28 m awayRef 2017420210556
Fatal
Car crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 17 May 1988
35 m awayRef 19884200F0400
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1306 in Thurrock, 25 January 1982
35 m awayRef 1982420060042
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A13 in Thurrock, 25 August 1981
35 m awayRef 1981420060404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020420952973 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2020.