An unemployed 48-year-old Billericay man has been charged with drink driving after a head on collison in the town.
The crash happened in Meadow Rise just before 9.30pm on Monday evening between a Ford Focus and Nissan van.
The occupants of the car were treated in Basildon Hospital for minor injuries.
The driver, a 20-year-old woman, was treated for chest pains and the passenger, a ten-year-old boy, for a knee injury.
The driver of the van was arrested on suspecion of drink driving and later charged.
He is due before Basildon magistrates on Tuesday April 11.
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