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Serious A129 crash in Basildon on 20 March 2021 at 18:10 involving an Audi A5

An Audi A5 and an e-scooter were involved in a crash on the A129 in Basildon at 18:10 on Saturday 20 March 2021. The 10-year-old male rider of the e-scooter was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Mar 2021
Saturday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Audi A5 and e-scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61161, longitude 0.53698, in the SS11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wickford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wickford North, Basildon, SS11 8AH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Basildon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021421029630
Council area
Basildon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
129
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, on vehicle 2 (E-scooter)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    E-scooter
    Casualty was using an e-scooter

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 2021421029630 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basildon road accident statistics for 2021.