Unclassified road crash in Epping Forest IG9 on 4 May 2000 at 17:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
A bicycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 17:40 on Thursday 4 May 2000. The 8-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2000
- Thursday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62921, longitude 0.04905, in the IG9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buckhurst Hill.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20004200G0346
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2017.
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 10 July 2017
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Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on a C road in Epping Forest, 1 October 1992
22 m awayRef 199201JB00323
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 28 July 2025
26 m awayRef 2025421621669
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 26 April 2011
50 m awayRef 201142I126804
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on a C road in Epping Forest, 23 January 1993
57 m awayRef 199301JB00023
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 13 March 2014
61 m awayRef 201442I094903
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 8, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 20004200G0346 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 2000.