M11 crash in Uttlesford on 7 August 2018 at 17:15 involving a Mazda MX-5
A lorry and a Mazda MX-5 were involved in a crash on the M11 in Uttlesford at 17:15 on Tuesday 7 August 2018. The 39-year-old male driver of the Mazda MX-5 was 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
- 7 Aug 2018
- Tuesday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Mazda MX-5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86443, longitude 0.19383, in the CM23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishop's Stortford All Saints, East Hertfordshire, CM23 5LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018420316939
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 June 2001.
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 21 June 2001
9 m awayRef 20014200A0479
Slight
Alfa Romeo 145 crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 18 January 2002
16 m awayRef 20024200A0040
Slight
MAN crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 8 March 2001
20 m awayRef 20014200A0231
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 10 November 1999
20 m awayRef 19994200A0756
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 19 January 2000
20 m awayRef 20004200A0059
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 16 January 2000
23 m awayRef 20004200A0100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-5)
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 2018420316939 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.