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Serious B1008 crash in Chelmsford on 26 May 1994 at 11:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the B1008 in Chelmsford at 11:40 on Thursday 26 May 1994. A 78-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 May 1994
Thursday, 11:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76012, longitude 0.47346, in the CM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chelmsford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200C0448
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1008
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 19944200C0448 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chelmsford road accident statistics for 1994.