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A134 crash in Colchester on 18 September 2000 at 08:00 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A134 in Colchester at 08:00 on Monday 18 September 2000. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and the 29-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Sep 2000
Monday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88681, longitude 0.89379, in the CO3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200E0469
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
134
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Authorised person
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 serious injury crash on 24 November 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 20004200E0469 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 2000.