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Unclassified road crash in Chelmsford CM1 on 20 August 2015 at 16:00 involving a Volkswagen Touran

A Volkswagen Touran and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford at 16:00 on Thursday 20 August 2015. A 72-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Touran and the 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Kuga were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 2015
Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Touran and Ford Kuga
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73063, longitude 0.42787, in the CM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Writtle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Writtle, Chelmsford, CM1 3JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201542I268508
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
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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    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
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touran)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)

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 201542I268508 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.