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A134 crash in Colchester on 30 August 2025 at 12:10 involving a Toyota Prius

A Toyota Prius and a Hyundai i20 were involved in a crash on the A134 in Colchester at 12:10 on Saturday 30 August 2025. The 34-year-old female driver of the Hyundai i20, a 54-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i20 and a 13-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai i20 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
30 Aug 2025
Saturday, 12:10
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and Hyundai i20
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88589, longitude 0.90525, 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 1JQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025421635837
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
134
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai i20

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i20)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i20)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i20)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2025421635837 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 2025.