B1408 crash in Colchester on 11 September 1992 at 17:25 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Volvo 244 and a Rover Sterling were involved in a crash on the B1408 in Colchester at 17:25 on Friday 11 September 1992. A 47-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Fiesta and a 64-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 244 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 1992
- Friday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88315, longitude 0.81314, in the CO3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Copford.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19924200E0799
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1408
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 2009.
Serious
Jaguar X Type crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 25 July 2009
10 m awayRef 200942I231907
Serious
Car crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 5 August 1982
51 m awayRef 1982420050533
Slight
Car crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 16 June 1983
51 m awayRef 19834200E0470
Slight
Car crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 18 September 1982
51 m awayRef 1982420050653
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 10 May 2009
51 m awayRef 200942I174705
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 16 February 2019
91 m awayRef 2019420816398
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 244
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,127 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Rover Sterling
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,675 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 244)
- 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 19924200E0799 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.