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Serious unclassified road crash in Chelmsford CM1 on 22 July 1998 at 19:15 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford at 19:15 on Wednesday 22 July 1998. A 64-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic was seriously injured and the 36-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jul 1998
Wednesday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and Honda Civic
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72957, longitude 0.43313, in the CM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Writtle.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200C0491
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,544 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19984200C0491 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.