B1009 crash in Chelmsford on 15 September 2017 at 18:10 involving a Citroen C2
A Citroen C2 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B1009 in Chelmsford at 18:10 on Friday 15 September 2017. The 19-year-old female driver of the Citroen C2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2017
- Friday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C2 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72577, longitude 0.48212, 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 0DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420220087
- Council area
- Chelmsford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1009
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1114
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
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2021.
Slight
Car crash on the B1009 in Chelmsford, 9 June 2021
4 m awayRef 2021421056045
Slight
Car crash on the B1009 in Chelmsford, 12 October 2020
11 m awayRef 2020420997224
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the B1009 in Chelmsford, 14 March 1995
12 m awayRef 19954200C0163
Slight
Bristol (BLMC) crash on the B1009 in Chelmsford, 28 August 1998
12 m awayRef 19984200C0568
Serious
Dennis crash on the B1009 in Chelmsford, 11 August 1995
19 m awayRef 19954200C0485
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B1009 in Chelmsford, 4 July 1992
19 m awayRef 19924200C0641
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C2)
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 2017420220087 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.