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Fatal A130 crash in Chelmsford on 9 May 2005 at 19:10 involving a Ford Cougar

A Ford Cougar crashed on the A130 in Chelmsford at 19:10 on Monday 9 May 2005. The 35-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 May 2005
Monday, 19:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Cougar
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7872, longitude 0.48745, in the CM3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broomfield and The Walthams, Chelmsford, CM3 3LA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200542C025705
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
130
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cougar

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cougar)

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 200542C025705 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 2005.