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A120 crash in Uttlesford on 8 August 1995 at 15:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on the A120 in Uttlesford at 15:45 on Tuesday 8 August 1995. All six casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 1995
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Rover Montego
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8861, longitude 0.1784, in the CM23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954200A0512
Council area
Uttlesford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
120
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
1383

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 19954200A0512 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 1995.