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B1417 crash in Chelmsford on 15 October 1996 at 22:17 involving a Jeep Wrangler

A Jeep Wrangler crashed on the B1417 in Chelmsford at 22:17 on Tuesday 15 October 1996. The 17-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Oct 1996
Tuesday, 22:17
Vehicles
1
Jeep Wrangler
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82691, longitude 0.44896, in the CM3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200C0612
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1417
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 108 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jeep Wrangler

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    3,960 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jeep Wrangler)

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 19964200C0612 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 1996.