A132 crash in Chelmsford on 12 April 1987 at 12:45 involving a car
Four cars and a van were involved in a crash on the A132 in Chelmsford at 12:45 on Sunday 12 April 1987. The 31-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 1987
- Sunday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 5
- Car and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62777, longitude 0.55584, in the SS11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19874200B0212
- Council area
- Chelmsford
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 132
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a fatal crash on 3 September 2019.
Fatal
Kawasaki ZX1000 crash on the A132 in Chelmsford, 3 September 2019
13 m awayRef 2019420873899
Slight
KTM 125 Duke crash on the A132 in Chelmsford, 1 May 2025
13 m awayRef 2025421584418
Serious
Honda crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 29 September 2006
30 m awayRef 200642I395509
Slight
MG MGF crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 19 September 2007
54 m awayRef 200742I377809
Slight
Hyundai Sonata crash on the A132 in Chelmsford, 4 November 1998
57 m awayRef 19984200B0547
Fatal
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A132 in Chelmsford, 4 July 2001
61 m awayRef 20014200C0403
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 4: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 19874200B0212 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chelmsford road accident statistics for 1987.