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Serious A121 crash in Epping Forest on 8 October 1998 at 07:48 involving a Volkswagen

A Volkswagen and a Bedford van were involved in a crash on the A121 in Epping Forest at 07:48 on Thursday 8 October 1998. A 29-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen was seriously injured and the 35-year-old male driver of the Bedford van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Oct 1998
Thursday, 07:48
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen and Bedford
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67073, longitude 0.06377, in the CM16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199801JB00689
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
121
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199801JB00689 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.