A127 crash in Epping Forest on 18 December 2000 at 08:30 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4, a Land Rover Freelander and a Bedford were involved in a crash on the A127 in Epping Forest at 08:30 on Monday 18 December 2000. The 36-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2000
- Monday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57678, longitude 0.33319, in the CM13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20004200G1198
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 127
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2012.
Slight
Lexus IS200 crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 19 August 2012
10 m awayRef 201242I252908
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 24 April 2006
20 m awayRef 200642G027504
Serious
Mercedes Vito crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 28 August 2019
28 m awayRef 2019420872228
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 4 June 1997
30 m awayRef 19974200G0410
Fatal
Bicycle crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 1 April 1979
36 m awayRef 1979420020221
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 65CF crash on the A127 in Brentwood, 8 September 2004
40 m awayRef 20044200G0756
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Bedford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
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 20004200G1198 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.