B1038 crash in Uttlesford on 25 April 2003 at 17:09 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the B1038 in Uttlesford at 17:09 on Friday 25 April 2003. The 18-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 2003
- Friday, 17:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.98128, longitude 0.18829, in the CB11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20034200A0296
- 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
- 1038
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2004.
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the B1038 in Uttlesford, 2 December 2004
At the same spotRef 20044200A0774
Serious
Car crash on the B1038 in Uttlesford, 15 November 1999
10 m awayRef 19994200A0778
Slight
Audi S3 crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 20 September 2025
18 m awayRef 2025421644189
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1038 in Uttlesford, 28 August 1985
22 m awayRef 19854200G0591
Slight
Van crash on the B1038 in Uttlesford, 6 November 1987
22 m awayRef 19874200G0897
Slight
Car crash on the B1038 in Uttlesford, 28 July 1985
92 m awayRef 19854200G0515
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, 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 20034200A0296 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 2003.