B1393 crash in Epping Forest on 20 April 2013 at 15:35 involving a Mercedes CLK Class
A Mercedes CLK Class, a Hyundai Getz and a car were involved in a crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest at 15:35 on Saturday 20 April 2013. A 36-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes CLK Class and the 35-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Getz were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2013
- Saturday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes CLK Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68047, longitude 0.07188, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201342I106904
- 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
- 40 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 September 2014.
Serious
Jaguar X Type crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 28 September 2014
9 m awayRef 201442I319609
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 9 July 2007
23 m awayRef 200742I267707
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 1 April 1979
38 m awayRef 1979420070299
Fatal
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 14 October 2012
41 m awayRef 201242I325910
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 17 November 2007
45 m awayRef 200742I543911
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B1393 in Epping Forest, 18 July 2007
52 m awayRef 200742I283307
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Getz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLK Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Getz)
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 201342I106904 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 2013.