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Fatal unclassified road crash in Colchester CO3 on 12 August 1992 at 18:10 involving a Volvo lorry

A car and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Colchester at 18:10 on Wednesday 12 August 1992. The 27-year-old male driver of the car was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Aug 1992
Wednesday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Car and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90307, longitude 0.81119, in the CO3 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924200E0693
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 19924200E0693 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 1992.