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A120 crash in Uttlesford on 22 March 1996 at 07:30 involving a Scania lorry

Five vehicles, including a Scania lorry and a Rover 200 Series, were involved in a crash on the A120 in Uttlesford at 07:30 on Friday 22 March 1996. The 45-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Mar 1996
Friday, 07:30
Vehicles
5
Scania and 4 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86783, longitude 0.29256, in the CM6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200A0179
Council area
Uttlesford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

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

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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 4: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

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 19964200A0179 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 1996.