A130 crash in Chelmsford on 19 September 2025 at 18:20 involving a Tesla Model Y
A car, a Tesla Model Y and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A130 in Chelmsford at 18:20 on Friday 19 September 2025. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Tesla Model Y and a 49-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2025
- Friday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Tesla Model Y and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75046, longitude 0.51159, in the CM2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chelmsford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boreham and The Leighs, Chelmsford, CM2 5PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Chelmsford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025421643974
- 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
- 130
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 May 2013.
Serious
Hyundai i20 crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 24 May 2013
4 m awayRef 201342I143105
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 29 November 2010
6 m awayRef 201042I400311
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 11 July 1995
9 m awayRef 19954200C0434
Slight
Tesla Model 3 crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 4 December 2024
13 m awayRef 2024421526049
Serious
Lexmoto ZSB crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 18 August 2022
20 m awayRef 2022421211057
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A130 in Chelmsford, 21 October 1997
22 m awayRef 19974200C0682
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Tesla Model Y
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Tesla Model Y)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2025421643974 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.