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Fatal A120 crash in Colchester on 10 December 1992 at 23:40 involving a Vauxhall Brava van

A Vauxhall Brava van and a Vauxhall Belmont were involved in a crash on the A120 in Colchester at 23:40 on Thursday 10 December 1992. The 64-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Belmont was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
10 Dec 1992
Thursday, 23:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Brava and Vauxhall Belmont
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87766, longitude 0.7679, in the CO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Marks Tey.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19924200E1095
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Brava

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Belmont)

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 19924200E1095 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.