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A120 crash in Colchester on 10 June 1994 at 15:53 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts and a car were involved in a crash on the A120 in Colchester at 15:53 on Friday 10 June 1994. A 27-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jun 1994
Friday, 15:53
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87839, longitude 0.77521, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19944200E0375
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 19944200E0375 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 1994.