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B1051 crash in Uttlesford on 10 May 1996 at 21:15 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 crashed on the B1051 in Uttlesford at 21:15 on Friday 10 May 1996. The 22-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 May 1996
Friday, 21:15
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90834, longitude 0.2103, in the CM24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964200A0277
Council area
Uttlesford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1051
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19964200A0277 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.