M11 crash in Uttlesford on 17 October 2016 at 01:20 involving a Citroen C3
A Citroen C3 crashed on the M11 in Uttlesford at 01:20 on Monday 17 October 2016. The 55-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Oct 2016
- Monday, 01:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen C3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05075, longitude 0.19206, in the CB10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016420116348
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 March 1996.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 22 March 1996
14 m awayRef 19964200A0182
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 11 March 1996
25 m awayRef 19964200A0174
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 29 May 2021
33 m awayRef 2021421050280
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 27 December 2015
42 m awayRef 2015420036788
Slight
Leyland DAF FTG 85 crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 21 August 2003
47 m awayRef 20034200A0581
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 25 October 2013
70 m awayRef 201342I329710
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2016420116348 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 2016.