B1393 crash in Epping Forest on 3 November 2006 at 20:25 involving a Ford Transit van
A car, a Ford Transit van and an MCC Smart were involved in a crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest at 20:25 on Friday 3 November 2006. The 31-year-old female driver of the MCC Smart was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2006
- Friday, 20:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68105, longitude 0.07251, in the CM16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waltham Abbey South & Rural, Epping Forest, CM16 5HR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200642I461111
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1393
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 July 2008.
Serious
Ford Galaxy crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 11 July 2008
14 m awayRef 200842I250507
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 24 October 2025
36 m awayRef 2025421658823
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 14 April 2000
36 m awayRef 20004200G0266
Fatal
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 14 October 2012
36 m awayRef 201242I325910
Serious
Jaguar X Type crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 28 September 2014
68 m awayRef 201442I319609
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 20 April 2013
77 m awayRef 201342I106904
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: MCC Smart
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (MCC Smart)
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 200642I461111 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 2006.