A1060 crash in Uttlesford on 28 November 1997 at 09:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf, a car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A1060 in Uttlesford at 09:45 on Friday 28 November 1997. The 42-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 26-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 1997
- Friday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8424, longitude 0.17324, in the CM22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Little Hallingbury.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19974200A0812
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1060
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2000.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B1060 in Uttlesford, 8 December 2000
10 m awayRef 20004200A0896
Slight
Car crash on the A1060 in Uttlesford, 23 November 1989
14 m awayRef 19894200G1093
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1060 in Uttlesford, 19 January 2000
20 m awayRef 20004200A0039
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1060 in Uttlesford, 14 July 2023
31 m awayRef 2023421329339
Serious
Renault 21 crash on the A1060 in Uttlesford, 11 May 1990
91 m awayRef 19904200G0409
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1060 in Uttlesford, 1 September 2015
100 m awayRef 201542I273709
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 3: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 19974200A0812 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.