B1054 crash in Uttlesford on 3 July 1980 at 17:15 involving a car
A vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the B1054 in Uttlesford at 17:15 on Thursday 3 July 1980. The 14-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 1980
- Thursday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01342, longitude 0.34751, in the CB10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1980420070424
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1054
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1053
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 2023.
Serious
Audi A5 crash on the B1053 in Uttlesford, 5 December 2023
22 m awayRef 2023421383489
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1024 in Uttlesford, 2 May 2005
22 m awayRef 200542A021405
Serious
MG 3 crash on the B1053 in Uttlesford, 17 June 2023
23 m awayRef 2023421319870
Slight
Suzuki DR Z400 crash on the B1054 in Uttlesford, 20 July 2015
26 m awayRef 201542I224407
Slight
Renault Master crash on the B1053 in Uttlesford, 28 September 2025
28 m awayRef 2025421647663
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1053 in Uttlesford, 26 July 1992
28 m awayRef 19924200G0492
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 14, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
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 1980420070424 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 1980.