Serious B183 crash in Uttlesford on 18 September 2023 at 07:40 involving a Renault Modus
A Renault Modus and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B183 in Uttlesford at 07:40 on Monday 18 September 2023. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Sep 2023
- Monday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Modus and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8113, longitude 0.20518, in the CM22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hatfield Heath, Uttlesford, CM22 7DX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Uttlesford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023421359658
- Council area
- Uttlesford
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 183
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 November 2009.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B183 in Uttlesford, 17 November 2009
5 m awayRef 200942I383911
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the B183 in Uttlesford, 7 October 2006
5 m awayRef 200642I427910
Slight
Opel Manta crash on the B183 in Uttlesford, 20 October 1991
5 m awayRef 19914200G0702
Slight
Aprilia RS4 crash on the B183 in Uttlesford, 22 July 2017
6 m awayRef 2017420202952
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B183 in Uttlesford, 6 September 2023
7 m awayRef 2023421354784
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B183 in Uttlesford, 18 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025421684883
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Modus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023421359658 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 2023.