A130 crash in Castle Point on 6 July 2024 at 19:55 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A130 in Castle Point at 19:55 on Saturday 6 July 2024. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2024
- Saturday, 19:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52, longitude 0.57566, in the SS8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Canvey Island. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canvey Island Central, Castle Point, SS8 9JW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024421464401
- Council area
- Castle Point
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 130
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2015.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A130 in Castle Point, 21 February 2015
2 m awayRef 201542I063902
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A130 in Castle Point, 9 December 2008
6 m awayRef 200842I456112
Slight
Bristol (BLMC) crash on the A130 in Castle Point, 11 November 1997
6 m awayRef 19974200J0509
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A130 in Castle Point, 2 May 2009
8 m awayRef 200942I135105
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A130 in Castle Point, 3 November 2006
8 m awayRef 200642I476511
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A130 in Castle Point, 23 December 1998
8 m awayRef 19984200J0596
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024421464401 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Castle Point road accident statistics for 2024.