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Fatal B1026 crash in Colchester on 21 March 2008 at 16:50 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B1026 in Colchester at 16:50 on Friday 21 March 2008. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Mar 2008
Friday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86768, longitude 0.87454, in the CO2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9DU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200842I097803
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1026
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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 29 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200842I097803 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.