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Unclassified road crash in Chelmsford CM1 on 25 October 1996 at 19:00 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford at 19:00 on Friday 25 October 1996. The 47-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Oct 1996
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Toyota Carina and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73738, longitude 0.46425, in the CM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chelmsford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200C0656
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 January 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 19964200C0656 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.