A112 crash in Epping Forest on 25 March 2010 at 08:50 involving a Scania lorry
Four vehicles, including a Scania lorry and a Renault Laguna, were involved in a crash on the A112 in Epping Forest at 08:50 on Thursday 25 March 2010. The 39-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Mar 2010
- Thursday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- Scania and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65918, longitude -0.00454, in the E4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sewardstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waltham Abbey South & Rural, Epping Forest, E4 7DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201042I091603
- 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
- 112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 July 2006.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 19 July 2006
At the same spotRef 200642I278207
Slight
Car crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 6 June 1989
10 m awayRef 198901JB00458
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 15 January 1997
14 m awayRef 199701JB00027
Serious
Car crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 23 March 2000
14 m awayRef 20004200X0365
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 27 September 1993
20 m awayRef 199301JB00324
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 17 November 2024
20 m awayRef 2024421517545
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,920 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Land Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 3,628 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
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 201042I091603 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 2010.