M11 crash in Uttlesford on 28 December 2003 at 14:30 involving a Ford Sierra
A car and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the M11 in Uttlesford at 14:30 on Sunday 28 December 2003. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2003
- Sunday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0406, longitude 0.18972, in the CB11 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20034200A0873
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 11
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 November 2007.
Serious
Hyundai Amica crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 17 November 2007
10 m awayRef 200742I467911
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 12 March 2025
17 m awayRef 2025421564254
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 12 October 2013
21 m awayRef 201342I310910
Serious
ERF crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 10 December 1999
41 m awayRef 19994200A0847
Serious
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 29 August 1997
41 m awayRef 19974200A0559
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 15 June 2004
80 m awayRef 20044200A0381
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
- 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 20034200A0873 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.