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Fatal unclassified road crash in Maldon CM8 on 9 April 2022 at 11:10 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on an unclassified road in Maldon at 11:10 on Saturday 9 April 2022. The 77-year-old male driver was killed and a 75-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Apr 2022
Saturday, 11:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78417, longitude 0.69273, in the CM8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wickham Bishops.

Map of where the crash happened in Maldon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022421164342
Council area
Maldon
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
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, 55 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2022421164342 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Maldon road accident statistics for 2022.