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Serious unclassified road crash in Uttlesford CM24 on 25 September 2018 at 04:00 involving a Volkswagen Sharan

A Volkswagen Sharan crashed on an unclassified road in Uttlesford at 04:00 on Tuesday 25 September 2018. The 63-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Sep 2018
Tuesday, 04:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Sharan
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89237, longitude 0.26738, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018420329917
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
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Very 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, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Sharan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018420329917 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.