Unclassified road crash in Chelmsford CM1 on 2 September 2017 at 14:45 involving a Honda CBF125M motorcycle
A Honda CBF125M motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford at 14:45 on Saturday 2 September 2017. The 19-year-old male rider of the Honda CBF125M motorcycle was 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
- 2 Sep 2017
- Saturday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBF125M and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.77116, longitude 0.46966, 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 7EJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420215684
- Council area
- Chelmsford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 10 December 2001
16 m awayRef 20014200C0826
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 14 September 2002
26 m awayRef 20024200C0525
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 5 September 2019
61 m awayRef 2019420874828
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 23 September 2025
93 m awayRef 2025421645572
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 1 June 2021
104 m awayRef 2021421051072
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in Chelmsford, 28 September 1990
113 m awayRef 19904200C1143
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBF125M
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF125M)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017420215684 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 2017.