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Serious unclassified road crash in Epping Forest IG10 on 1 March 1986 at 14:05 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 14:05 on Saturday 1 March 1986. A 5-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Mar 1986
Saturday, 14:05
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65165, longitude 0.05438, in the IG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loughton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198601JB00126
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198601JB00126 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 1986.