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Unclassified road crash in Colchester CO4 on 23 October 2025 at 08:40 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Colchester at 08:40 on Thursday 23 October 2025. An 8-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 2025
Thursday, 08:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89616, longitude 0.93922, in the CO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Anne's and St John's, Colchester, CO4 3HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025421658088
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
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 serious injury crash on 12 November 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025421658088 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.