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Unclassified road crash in Chelmsford CM3 on 21 December 2013 at 00:20 involving a Fiat Scudo taxi

A Fiat Scudo taxi crashed on an unclassified road in Chelmsford at 00:20 on Saturday 21 December 2013. A 54-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2013
Saturday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Fiat Scudo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71575, longitude 0.56815, in the CM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Danbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon, Chelmsford, CM3 4DT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201342I412412
Council area
Chelmsford
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with 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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 107 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Scudo

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Scudo)

    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 201342I412412 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 2013.