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A133 crash in Colchester on 18 December 2003 at 16:10 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the A133 in Colchester at 16:10 on Thursday 18 December 2003. The 48-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra and the 73-year-old female driver of the Mazda 323 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 2003
Thursday, 16:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Mazda 323
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89751, longitude 0.90479, in the CO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Colchester, CO1 1UX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20034200E0591
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
133
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 25 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

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 20034200E0591 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 2003.