Unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM17 on 15 November 2023 at 18:30 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van and a Volkswagen T-Cross were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 18:30 on Wednesday 15 November 2023. The 53-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen T-Cross was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2023
- Wednesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Custom and Volkswagen T-Cross
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.49073, longitude 0.32202, in the RM17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grays. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chafford Hundred East, Thurrock, RM16 6RE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023421376974
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2012.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 24 May 2012
59 m awayRef 201242I148605
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 1 February 2010
69 m awayRef 201042I024202
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 30 March 2003
76 m awayRef 20034200F0139
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 12 March 1999
76 m awayRef 19994200F0123
Serious
Van crash on the B1306 in Thurrock, 9 February 1989
79 m awayRef 19894200F0115
Slight
Car crash on the A1012 in Thurrock, 6 March 1987
104 m awayRef 19874200F0160
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen T-Cross
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen T-Cross)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023421376974 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 2023.