Fatal B1383 crash in Uttlesford on 27 September 2001 at 06:40 involving a Peugeot 309
A Peugeot 309 crashed on the B1383 in Uttlesford at 06:40 on Thursday 27 September 2001. The 18-year-old male driver was killed.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on an oily single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 27 Sep 2001
- Thursday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 309
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01331, longitude 0.21142, in the CB11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20014200A0744
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1383
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2013.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1383 in Uttlesford, 7 December 2013
20 m awayRef 201342I390512
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1383 in Uttlesford, 31 August 1995
22 m awayRef 19954200A0559
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the B1383 in Uttlesford, 13 October 2002
54 m awayRef 20024200A0643
Slight
Taxi crash on the B1383 in Uttlesford, 12 December 1995
89 m awayRef 19954200A0826
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B1383 in Uttlesford, 18 December 1987
108 m awayRef 19874200G1032
Serious
Car crash on the B1383 in Uttlesford, 24 September 1983
108 m awayRef 19834200G0656
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)
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 20014200A0744 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 2001.