Unclassified road crash in Chelmsford CM1 on 28 December 2016 at 09:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on an unclassified road in Chelmsford at 09:00 on Wednesday 28 December 2016. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76265, longitude 0.46588, in the CM1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broomfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broomfield and The Walthams, Chelmsford, CM1 7BY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420140514
- 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
- Urban
- 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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 August 2009.
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 26 August 2009
19 m awayRef 200942I277008
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 29 May 1995
45 m awayRef 19954200C0319
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 30 September 1985
116 m awayRef 19854200C1102
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 19 November 1998
121 m awayRef 19984200C0774
Serious
Hyundai i20 crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 15 May 2023
142 m awayRef 2023421307341
Slight
Lorry crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 22 July 1981
162 m awayRef 1981420030599
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
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
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016420140514 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.