A12 crash in Colchester on 1 June 2011 at 17:50 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A12 in Colchester at 17:50 on Wednesday 1 June 2011. The 45-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jun 2011
- Wednesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8947, longitude 0.85446, in the CO3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lexden and Braiswick, Colchester, CO3 4DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201142I165806
- Council area
- Colchester
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 1994.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A12 in Colchester, 3 February 1994
22 m awayRef 19944200E0094
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 95XF crash on the A12 in Colchester, 7 June 2007
45 m awayRef 200742I220406
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A12 in Colchester, 26 October 1990
50 m awayRef 19904200E1155
Slight
Car crash on the A12 in Colchester, 20 June 1980
50 m awayRef 1980420050494
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A12 in Colchester, 26 June 1986
50 m awayRef 19864200E0544
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A12 in Colchester, 10 January 2011
50 m awayRef 201142I008101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 201142I165806 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 2011.