B1418 crash in Chelmsford on 19 January 2018 at 16:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford at 16:00 on Friday 19 January 2018. The 55-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jan 2018
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68725, longitude 0.58567, in the CM3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bicknacre.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018420260045
- 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
- 1418
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Other
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 2023.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 28 March 2023
8 m awayRef 2023421291172
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 10 August 2015
14 m awayRef 201542I247508
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 14 February 1996
17 m awayRef 19964200C0129
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 27 July 2016
22 m awayRef 2016420089535
Slight
Pontiac crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 13 July 1998
23 m awayRef 19984200C0460
Serious
Austin crash on the B1418 in Chelmsford, 28 May 1991
23 m awayRef 19914200C0459
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018420260045 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 2018.