A1232 crash in Colchester on 22 June 1994 at 12:49 involving a Bristol (BLMC) bus
A Bristol (BLMC) bus and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A1232 in Colchester at 12:49 on Wednesday 22 June 1994. The 43-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series 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
- 22 Jun 1994
- Wednesday, 12:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bristol (BLMC) and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89337, longitude 0.91771, in the CO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19944200E0398
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1232
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1999.
Slight
Leyland crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 12 November 1999
At the same spotRef 19994200E0520
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 30 January 2020
8 m awayRef 2020420925700
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 3 April 2025
10 m awayRef 2025421577857
Slight
Piaggio ET2 crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 9 October 2003
10 m awayRef 20034200E0468
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 9 September 2001
10 m awayRef 20014200E0425
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 28 January 2006
10 m awayRef 200642E002501
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bristol (BLMC)
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,450 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,766 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 19944200E0398 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.