A133 crash in Colchester on 19 September 2018 at 17:40 involving a Ford S-Max
A Ford S-Max and a Skoda Citigo were involved in a crash on the A133 in Colchester at 17:40 on Wednesday 19 September 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2018
- Wednesday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford S-Max and Skoda Citigo
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89275, longitude 0.86342, in the CO3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lexden and Braiswick, Colchester, CO3 4DB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018420328449
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 133
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 12
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2017.
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A133 in Colchester, 7 July 2017
1 m awayRef 2017420198296
Slight
Kia Sedona crash on the A133 in Colchester, 27 October 2014
3 m awayRef 201442I360110
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A133 in Colchester, 9 January 2013
3 m awayRef 201342I022501
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A133 in Colchester, 22 September 2022
4 m awayRef 2022421234802
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A12 in Colchester, 24 June 2005
4 m awayRef 200542E043706
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A133 in Colchester, 23 February 2001
4 m awayRef 20014200E0086
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Citigo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Citigo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2018420328449 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.