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Serious A131 crash in Chelmsford on 4 April 2025 at 07:35 involving a car

A car crashed on the A131 in Chelmsford at 07:35 on Friday 4 April 2025. The 40-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Apr 2025
Friday, 07:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83606, longitude 0.51217, in the CM3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025421573510
Council area
Chelmsford
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
131
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
A
Second road number
131

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

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 2025421573510 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 2025.