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A12 crash in Chelmsford on 4 August 1990 at 16:59 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Hillman Hunter were involved in a crash on the A12 in Chelmsford at 16:59 on Saturday 4 August 1990. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Hillman Hunter and the 19-year-old male driver of the Hillman Hunter were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Aug 1990
Saturday, 16:59
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Hillman Hunter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76388, longitude 0.54178, in the CM3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19904200C0924
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    6,227 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hillman Hunter

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,725 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hillman Hunter)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hillman Hunter)

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 19904200C0924 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 1990.