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Serious M11 crash in Epping Forest on 28 December 2000 at 05:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a BMW M3 were involved in a crash on the M11 in Epping Forest at 05:45 on Thursday 28 December 2000. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured. Two of them were pedestrians.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 2000
Thursday, 05:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and BMW M3
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.79415, longitude 0.17327, in the CM17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20004200G1232
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
11
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: BMW M3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    3,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 20004200G1232 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.