A1113 crash in Epping Forest on 20 September 2008 at 12:50 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Smart Forfour were involved in a crash on the A1113 in Epping Forest at 12:50 on Saturday 20 September 2008. The 26-year-old male driver of the Smart Forfour was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2008
- Saturday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Smart Forfour
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62513, longitude 0.08167, in the IG7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chigwell.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200842I335409
- 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
- 1113
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 1999.
Serious
Car crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 14 November 1999
At the same spotRef 199901JB00851
Serious
Kawasaki ZX1100 crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 9 October 1994
10 m awayRef 199401JO00355
Slight
Van crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 14 June 1990
22 m awayRef 199001JB00294
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 28 September 1998
22 m awayRef 199801JB00658
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 30 March 1991
45 m awayRef 199101JB00123
Slight
Car crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 27 November 1988
57 m awayRef 198801JB00923
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Smart Forfour
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Smart Forfour)
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 200842I335409 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 2008.