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Unclassified road crash in Colchester CO1 on 11 October 2022 at 12:32 involving an Audi A1

An Audi A1, a Skoda Octavia and a Vauxhall Mokka were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Colchester at 12:32 on Tuesday 11 October 2022. The 26-year-old female driver of the Audi A1 and the 30-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 2022
Tuesday, 12:32
Vehicles
3
Audi A1 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88248, longitude 0.91628, in the CO1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Colchester, CO1 2ZF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022421229629
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
T or staggered junction
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
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2024.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,395 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Mokka

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most 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 2022421229629 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 2022.