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A120 crash in Tendring on 14 October 2023 at 22:45 involving an Audi A3

Two Audi A3 cars and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A120 in Tendring at 22:45 on Saturday 14 October 2023. The 47-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, a 19-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 2023
Saturday, 22:45
Vehicles
3
Audi A3 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88648, longitude 1.02274, in the CO7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Alresford & Elmstead, Tendring, CO7 7JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Tendring

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023421362952
Council area
Tendring
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dry

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, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Audi A3

    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
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)

    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 2023421362952 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tendring road accident statistics for 2023.