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Unclassified road crash in Colchester CO4 on 11 February 2008 at 06:50 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on an unclassified road in Colchester at 06:50 on Monday 11 February 2008. A 59-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Feb 2008
Monday, 06:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94162, longitude 0.88858, in the CO4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200842I050602
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200842I050602 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 2008.