M11 crash in Uttlesford on 29 October 2021 at 01:39 involving a BMW 3 Series
Four vehicles, including a BMW 3 Series and a lorry, were involved in a crash on the M11 in Uttlesford at 01:39 on Friday 29 October 2021. All four casualties were 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
- 29 Oct 2021
- Friday, 01:39
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW 3 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97735, longitude 0.20489, in the CB11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021421103641
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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 slight injury crash on 17 April 1996.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 17 April 1996
9 m awayRef 19964200A0242
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 13 July 2023
26 m awayRef 2023421328916
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 23 January 2005
38 m awayRef 200542A013201
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 24 February 2002
48 m awayRef 20024200A0135
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 15 June 2001
52 m awayRef 20014200A0455
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the M11 in Uttlesford, 16 November 1998
55 m awayRef 19984200A0779
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Road works
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 43 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 4: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021421103641 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 2021.