M25 crash in Epping Forest on 11 September 1997 at 08:22 involving a Peugeot 405
A Peugeot 405, a Ford Mondeo and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Epping Forest at 08:22 on Thursday 11 September 1997. The 40-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 405 and the 35-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 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
- 11 Sep 1997
- Thursday, 08:22
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 405 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68085, longitude 0.00362, 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
- 199701JB00728
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2022.
Slight
HGV crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 15 September 2022
5 m awayRef 2022421220135
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 23 December 2001
10 m awayRef 20014200G1230
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 19 April 1999
10 m awayRef 199901JB00324
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 8 June 1997
10 m awayRef 199701JB00456
Serious
Car crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 23 August 1986
10 m awayRef 198601JB00515
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 27 July 2024
13 m awayRef 2024421472861
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Renault 19
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault 19)
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 199701JB00728 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 1997.