Serious M11 crash in Uttlesford on 30 June 2018 at 00:35 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the M11 in Uttlesford at 00:35 on Saturday 30 June 2018. The 31-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jun 2018
- Saturday, 00:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Scania
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01734, longitude 0.19728, in the CB11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018420306276
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 November 2014.
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 20 November 2014
6 m awayRef 201442I395611
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 31 August 2009
15 m awayRef 200942I276408
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 26 June 1997
34 m awayRef 19974200A0396
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 19 December 2022
95 m awayRef 2022421255393
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 25 July 2025
98 m awayRef 2025421620900
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 1 February 2018
99 m awayRef 2018420264073
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,740 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2018420306276 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 2018.