Unclassified road crash in Uttlesford CM22 on 15 November 1997 at 16:30 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford at 16:30 on Saturday 15 November 1997. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 1997
- Saturday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Rover 200 Series
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82272, longitude 0.2582, in the CM22 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19974200A0766
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 July 1985.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 5 July 1985
30 m awayRef 19854200G0440
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42 m awayRef 19964200A0479
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Renault crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 20 December 2001
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
- 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 19974200A0766 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.