B1418 crash in Chelmsford on 25 November 2005 at 09:00 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a DAF Trucks FA 55LF lorry were involved in a crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford at 09:00 on Friday 25 November 2005. The 32-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2005
- Friday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and DAF Trucks FA 55LF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69621, longitude 0.59461, in the CM3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200542C072311
- Council area
- Chelmsford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1418
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 November 1987.
Serious
Lorry crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 12 November 1987
14 m awayRef 19874200C1363
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 10 February 2007
20 m awayRef 200742I056902
Slight
Lotus Elise crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 21 June 2005
81 m awayRef 200542C035206
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 25 October 1992
92 m awayRef 19924200C1049
Slight
Car crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 24 July 1984
110 m awayRef 19844200C0774
Slight
Car crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 15 April 1997
122 m awayRef 19974200C0206
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FA 55LF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 200542C072311 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.