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Unclassified road crash in Epping Forest EN9 on 31 December 1997 at 14:58 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 14:58 on Wednesday 31 December 1997. The 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 14:58
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69059, longitude 0.01765, in the EN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Waltham Abbey.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701JB09003
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199701JB09003 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.