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Serious A604 crash in Colchester on 29 December 1990 at 11:32 involving a Colt Mitsubishi

A Colt Mitsubishi, a car and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A604 in Colchester at 11:32 on Saturday 29 December 1990. The 56-year-old female driver of the Colt Mitsubishi and an 81-year-old female passenger in the Colt Mitsubishi were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Dec 1990
Saturday, 11:32
Vehicles
3
Colt Mitsubishi and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89597, longitude 0.82252, in the CO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eight Ash Green.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19904200E1371
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
604
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Colt Mitsubishi

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Mitsubishi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Mitsubishi)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19904200E1371 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 1990.