Unclassified road crash in Epping Forest IG10 on 13 December 2005 at 16:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A car and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 16:00 on Tuesday 13 December 2005. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2005
- Tuesday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66131, longitude 0.06973, in the IG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loughton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loughton Fairmead, Epping Forest, IG10 2PW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200542G100012
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1991.
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 16 August 1991
51 m awayRef 199101JB00314
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 14 December 2000
51 m awayRef 20004200G1238
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 5 September 1986
133 m awayRef 198601JB00549
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 8 July 2000
139 m awayRef 20004200G0563
Slight
Car crash on the A121 in Epping Forest, 20 July 1985
171 m awayRef 198501JB00421
Slight
Car crash on the A121 in Epping Forest, 18 December 1983
209 m awayRef 1983010JB0772
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200542G100012 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 2005.