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B1137 crash in Chelmsford on 18 November 1997 at 17:40 involving a Mercedes 200

A Mercedes 200 hit a pedestrian on the B1137 in Chelmsford at 17:40 on Tuesday 18 November 1997. A male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 200
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7604, longitude 0.53623, in the CM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boreham.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200C0875
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1137
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes 200)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19974200C0875 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 1997.