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A113 crash in Epping Forest on 24 December 1985 at 16:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A113 in Epping Forest at 16:20 on Tuesday 24 December 1985. The 41-year-old female driver of vehicle 2, the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 27-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly 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
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1985
Tuesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63676, longitude 0.09316, in the IG7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198501JB00819
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
113
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 9 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, 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 198501JB00819 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.