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Serious A12 crash in Colchester on 25 November 2000 at 17:28 involving a Nissan Primera

A Nissan Primera crashed on the A12 in Colchester at 17:28 on Saturday 25 November 2000. A 29-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and a 2-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Nov 2000
Saturday, 17:28
Vehicles
1
Nissan Primera
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92541, longitude 0.90791, in the CO4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200E0601
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
120

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 30 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 20004200E0601 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.