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Unclassified road crash in Colchester CO7 on 13 February 2016 at 03:30 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Colchester at 03:30 on Saturday 13 February 2016. A 28-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 2016
Saturday, 03:30
Vehicles
1
Mazda 323
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87217, longitude 0.965, in the CO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wivenhoe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9SF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016420044481
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 34 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Road maintenance worker
    Yes

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 2016420044481 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 2016.