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Unclassified road crash in Chelmsford CM1 on 21 February 1998 at 10:00 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and an Opel Manta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford at 10:00 on Saturday 21 February 1998. The 77-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 1998
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Opel Manta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72841, longitude 0.44161, 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
19984200C0145
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Opel Manta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 19984200C0145 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 1998.