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Serious A130 crash in Uttlesford on 9 January 1979 at 08:15 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A130 in Uttlesford at 08:15 on Tuesday 9 January 1979. The 31-year-old male driver of the van, the 26-year-old male driver of the car and a 40-year-old male passenger in the van were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1979
Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03844, longitude 0.21613, in the CB10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979420070019
Council area
Uttlesford
Police force
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
130
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1979420070019 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Uttlesford road accident statistics for 1979.