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Unclassified road crash in Epping Forest IG7 on 28 October 2000 at 02:45 involving a Smiths

A car and a Smiths were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 02:45 on Saturday 28 October 2000. The 39-year-old male driver of the Smiths was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2000
Saturday, 02:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Smiths
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62881, longitude 0.10206, in the IG7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200G1000
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
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
Dark, no street lighting
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 24 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Smiths

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Smiths)

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 20004200G1000 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.