Serious B1008 crash in Chelmsford on 19 March 2014 at 14:55 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1008 in Chelmsford at 14:55 on Wednesday 19 March 2014. The 16-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Mar 2014
- Wednesday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75043, longitude 0.46823, in the CM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chelmsford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Patching Hall, Chelmsford, CM1 4HJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201442I174703
- Council area
- Chelmsford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1008
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2025.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B1008 in Chelmsford, 27 December 2025
1 m awayRef 2025421688254
Slight
Van crash on the B1008 in Chelmsford, 3 June 2014
2 m awayRef 201442I179706
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B1008 in Chelmsford, 23 January 2003
5 m awayRef 20034200C0034
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1008 in Chelmsford, 26 May 2001
5 m awayRef 20014200C0318
Serious
Hyundai Atoz crash on the B1008 in Chelmsford, 23 May 2000
5 m awayRef 20004200C0376
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B1008 in Chelmsford, 15 March 2001
5 m awayRef 20014200C0559
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201442I174703 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 2014.