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B1417 crash in Uttlesford on 21 February 1997 at 23:25 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier hit a pedestrian on the B1417 in Uttlesford at 23:25 on Friday 21 February 1997. A 23-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 1997
Friday, 23:25
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85655, longitude 0.43315, 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
19974200A0146
Council area
Uttlesford
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1417
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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 14 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 19974200A0146 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.