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Unclassified road crash in Colchester CO7 on 29 March 2018 at 18:35 involving a Ford KA

A Ford KA and a Seat Altea were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Colchester at 18:35 on Thursday 29 March 2018. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA, the 39-year-old male driver of the Seat Altea and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Seat Altea were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2018
Thursday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
Ford KA and Seat Altea
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86334, longitude 0.96168, in the CO7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wivenhoe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9LG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018420280658
Council area
Colchester
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford KA

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Altea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Altea)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Altea)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2018420280658 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 2018.