B1051 crash in Uttlesford on 4 December 2013 at 09:00 involving an MG ZR
An MG ZR and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford at 09:00 on Wednesday 4 December 2013. The 18-year-old male driver of the MG ZR and the 43-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2013
- Wednesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZR and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.94181, longitude 0.3304, in the CM6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201342I398312
- 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
- 1051
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1993.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 31 March 1993
19 m awayRef 19934200G0172
Fatal
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 4 June 2006
39 m awayRef 200642A027406
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 3 August 2006
41 m awayRef 200642I299408
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 11 January 2000
61 m awayRef 20004200A0017
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 18 July 1997
61 m awayRef 19974200A0454
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B1051 in Uttlesford, 24 December 2005
71 m awayRef 200542A074612
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
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 201342I398312 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 2013.