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Serious B1054 crash in Uttlesford on 1 February 1997 at 20:40 involving a Peugeot 309

A Peugeot 309, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B1054 in Uttlesford at 20:40 on Saturday 1 February 1997. The 17-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 309 and the 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were seriously 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
Serious
Date
1 Feb 1997
Saturday, 20:40
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 309 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03115, longitude 0.40894, in the CB10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19974200A0104
Council area
Uttlesford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1054
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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 19974200A0104 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 1997.