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A120 crash in Colchester on 8 December 2025 at 20:00 involving a Ford B-Max

A Ford B-Max and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A120 in Colchester at 20:00 on Monday 8 December 2025. The 46-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2025
Monday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Ford B-Max and Toyota Yaris
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87783, longitude 0.77054, in the CO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Marks Tey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marks Tey and Layer, Colchester, CO6 1EE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Colchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025421680114
Council area
Colchester
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford B-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 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 2025421680114 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.