M25 crash in Epping Forest on 29 November 1996 at 14:55 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto, an Austin Maestro and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the M25 in Epping Forest at 14:55 on Friday 29 November 1996. The 23-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and the 48-year-old female driver of the Austin Maestro were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 1996
- Friday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Punto and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68048, longitude -0.01144, in the EN9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199601JO00455
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 1988.
Slight
Lorry crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 4 September 1988
10 m awayRef 198801JB00667
Slight
Leyland DAF FTG 95XF crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 8 July 2000
10 m awayRef 20004200Z0901
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 22 December 2002
10 m awayRef 20024200G1172
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 3 May 1991
22 m awayRef 199101JB00171
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 8 June 2002
22 m awayRef 20024200G0489
Slight
Volvo XC60 crash on the M25 in Enfield, 1 November 2025
35 m awayRef 2025010607149
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)
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 199601JO00455 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 1996.