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M25 crash in Epping Forest on 17 December 1992 at 13:50 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry and a Ford van were involved in a crash on the M25 in Epping Forest at 13:50 on Thursday 17 December 1992. The 54-year-old male driver of the Ford van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1992
Thursday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Scania and Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64115, longitude 0.08382, in the IG10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199201JB00435
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
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1168

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    8,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)

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 199201JB00435 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 1992.