A12 crash in Chelmsford on 23 February 2015 at 17:08 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A12 in Chelmsford at 17:08 on Monday 23 February 2015. The 53-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2015
- Monday, 17:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69521, longitude 0.4246, in the CM4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting, Chelmsford, CM4 0HD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201542I082002
- Council area
- Chelmsford
- 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
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 414
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 April 2011.
Serious
Honda CBR1000RR crash on the A414 in Chelmsford, 20 April 2011
2 m awayRef 201142I118304
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 24 March 2009
2 m awayRef 200942I088403
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 21 November 2008
8 m awayRef 200842I419511
Slight
Volvo S80 crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 17 March 2008
8 m awayRef 200842I096603
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 2 January 2002
8 m awayRef 20024200C0002
Slight
Taxi crash on the A12 in Chelmsford, 28 May 2015
8 m awayRef 201542I165505
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)
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 201542I082002 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 2015.