A134 crash in Colchester on 23 December 2025 at 14:05 involving a Porsche Cayenne
A Porsche Cayenne and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A134 in Colchester at 14:05 on Tuesday 23 December 2025. The 59-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2025
- Tuesday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Porsche Cayenne and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9133, longitude 0.89722, in the CO4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5LE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Colchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025421687262
- 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
- 134
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2023.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A134 in Colchester, 13 September 2023
6 m awayRef 2023421352276
Serious
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A134 in Colchester, 9 April 2009
9 m awayRef 200942I102704
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A134 in Colchester, 26 March 2012
9 m awayRef 201242I103503
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A134 in Colchester, 10 December 2006
9 m awayRef 200642I527612
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 1 June 2016
10 m awayRef 2016420071387
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A134 in Colchester, 29 October 2025
12 m awayRef 2025421660913
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Porsche Cayenne
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025421687262 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.