B1023 crash in Colchester on 31 August 1995 at 19:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Bedford were involved in a crash on the B1023 in Colchester at 19:10 on Thursday 31 August 1995. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 1995
- Thursday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Bedford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81641, longitude 0.74528, in the CO5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tiptree.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19954200E0408
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1023
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1992.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1023 in Colchester, 13 July 1992
20 m awayRef 19924200E0592
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1023 in Colchester, 13 December 1993
36 m awayRef 19934200E1046
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 27 October 1983
54 m awayRef 19834200E0957
Slight
Car crash on the B1022 in Colchester, 27 November 1985
54 m awayRef 19854200E1126
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1022 in Colchester, 14 April 1991
54 m awayRef 19914200E0285
Slight
Car crash on the B1022 in Colchester, 30 May 1989
54 m awayRef 19894200E0602
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Bedford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 19954200E0408 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 1995.