M25 crash in Epping Forest on 13 March 1998 at 10:57 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Epping Forest at 10:57 on Friday 13 March 1998. The 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 1998
- Friday, 10:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volvo 440
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68328, longitude 0.04554, 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
- 199801JB00191
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2009.
Slight
Ford S-Max crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 1 April 2009
10 m awayRef 200942I097204
Serious
Vauxhall Omega crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 8 August 1999
14 m awayRef 199901JB00581
Serious
Honda CBR crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 24 May 2024
19 m awayRef 2024421447603
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 26 March 1998
20 m awayRef 199801JB00219
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 19 December 2010
22 m awayRef 201042I429012
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 6 June 1988
22 m awayRef 198801JB00443
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 440
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 199801JB00191 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 1998.