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Serious A12 crash in Chelmsford on 10 November 2016 at 15:07 involving a Volkswagen Lupo

A Volkswagen Lupo and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A12 in Chelmsford at 15:07 on Thursday 10 November 2016. The 19-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Lupo was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Nov 2016
Thursday, 15:07
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Lupo and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77169, longitude 0.57199, in the CM3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatfield Peverel & Terling, Braintree, CM3 2EU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016420125169
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
12
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 April 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2016420125169 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.