B1007 crash in Chelmsford on 1 June 2016 at 17:10 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Volvo S40 were involved in a crash on the B1007 in Chelmsford at 17:10 on Wednesday 1 June 2016. The 54-year-old female driver of the Volvo S40 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jun 2016
- Wednesday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Volvo S40
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72532, longitude 0.46208, in the CM2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chelmsford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Moulsham and Central, Chelmsford, CM2 9XE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420071887
- Council area
- Chelmsford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1007
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2011.
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the B1007 in Chelmsford, 6 March 2011
3 m awayRef 201142I065003
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B1007 in Chelmsford, 25 November 2022
4 m awayRef 2022421246661
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B1007 in Chelmsford, 15 May 2017
5 m awayRef 2017420181909
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1007 in Chelmsford, 1 November 2021
7 m awayRef 2021421104811
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 17 April 2017
7 m awayRef 2017420173322
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1007 in Chelmsford, 18 December 2025
9 m awayRef 2025421684711
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo S40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016420071887 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 2016.