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B1408 crash in Colchester on 9 September 1996 at 07:55 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a JCB were involved in a crash on the B1408 in Colchester at 07:55 on Monday 9 September 1996. The 63-year-old male driver of the JCB was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Sep 1996
Monday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and JCB
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88013, longitude 0.79639, in the CO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Copford.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200E0366
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1408
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: JCB

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (JCB)

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 19964200E0366 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 1996.