M11 crash in Epping Forest on 5 October 2007 at 16:30 involving an Audi A4
A car and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the M11 in Epping Forest at 16:30 on Friday 5 October 2007. The male driver of the car and a male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 2007
- Friday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68387, longitude 0.13094, in the CM16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Theydon Bois with Passingford, Epping Forest, CM16 7PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200742I425210
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2023.
Slight
Alfa Romeo 147 crash on the M11 in Epping Forest, 11 August 2023
9 m awayRef 2023421340797
Slight
Lorry crash on the M11 in Epping Forest, 3 September 1984
10 m awayRef 19844200G0576
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M11 in Epping Forest, 8 December 2000
10 m awayRef 20004200G1158
Serious
Car crash on the M11 in Epping Forest, 25 November 1989
10 m awayRef 19894200G1098
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the M11 in Epping Forest, 10 July 2021
13 m awayRef 2021421064761
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the M11 in Epping Forest, 8 March 1996
20 m awayRef 19964200G0201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 200742I425210 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 2007.