Unclassified road crash in Uttlesford CM24 on 15 November 2015 at 18:20 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford at 18:20 on Sunday 15 November 2015. The 40-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza and the 36-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2015
- Sunday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Seat Ibiza
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8904, longitude 0.26838, in the CM24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burton End. It is one of the crashes that make up the Takeley, Uttlesford, CM24 1PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015420032825
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 1994.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 12 February 1994
10 m awayRef 19944200G0126
Slight
Renault 5 crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 7 December 1997
10 m awayRef 19974200A0833
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 13 September 1992
10 m awayRef 19924200G0578
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 2 January 2018
28 m awayRef 2018420253039
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 10 November 2024
28 m awayRef 2024421514659
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Uttlesford, 3 November 1979
47 m awayRef 1979420070790
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
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 2015420032825 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 2015.