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B172 crash in Epping Forest on 9 March 1998 at 09:50 involving a Citroen C15

A Citroen C15 and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the B172 in Epping Forest at 09:50 on Monday 9 March 1998. The 17-year-old male driver of the Citroen C15 and the 24-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna were 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
9 Mar 1998
Monday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Citroen C15 and Renault Laguna
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6722, longitude 0.09739, in the CM16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Theydon Bois.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984200G0180
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Essex
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
172
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C15

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,963 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C15)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)

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 19984200G0180 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.