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B1352 crash in Colchester on 21 November 1993 at 02:50 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro crashed on the B1352 in Colchester at 02:50 on Sunday 21 November 1993. A female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 1993
Sunday, 02:50
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93749, longitude 1.05065, in the CO11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lawford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19934200E0933
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1352
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 19934200E0933 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 1993.