M25 crash in Epping Forest on 14 June 1985 at 23:55 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the M25 in Epping Forest at 23:55 on Friday 14 June 1985. The 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 1985
- Friday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68835, longitude 0.09944, in the CM16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198501JB00340
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 15 October 2018
10 m awayRef 2018420335476
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 4 April 2019
12 m awayRef 2019420829222
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 8 June 2005
14 m awayRef 200542G079406
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 10 April 2025
15 m awayRef 2025421576362
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 15 January 2008
20 m awayRef 200842I014301
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 23 October 1988
22 m awayRef 198801JB00834
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 198501JB00340 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Epping Forest road accident statistics for 1985.