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A120 crash in Uttlesford on 26 December 1996 at 11:25 involving a Talbot Horizon

A Talbot Horizon and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A120 in Uttlesford at 11:25 on Thursday 26 December 1996. A 4-year-old male passenger in the Talbot Horizon, the 29-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 46-year-old male passenger in the Talbot Horizon were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1996
Thursday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Talbot Horizon and BMW 3 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86999, longitude 0.33378, 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
19964200A0857
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Horizon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Horizon)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Horizon)

    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 19964200A0857 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.