A12 crash in Chelmsford on 10 February 2006 at 17:25 involving a Volkswagen Lupo
A Volkswagen Lupo, a Peugeot 307 and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A12 in Chelmsford at 17:25 on Friday 10 February 2006. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Feb 2006
- Friday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Lupo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76482, longitude 0.5455, in the CM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boreham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boreham and The Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 3AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200642C009302
- 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
- 12
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2006.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 10 February 2006
At the same spotRef 200642C009202
Slight
Rover SD1 crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 27 October 1999
10 m awayRef 19994200C0756
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 24 January 1998
30 m awayRef 19984200C0038
Slight
Ford S-Max crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 28 October 2016
38 m awayRef 2016420120600
Fatal
Kia Picanto crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 8 August 2025
50 m awayRef 2025421626272
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 26 July 1987
54 m awayRef 19874200C0856
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)
- 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 200642C009302 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 2006.