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M11 crash in Epping Forest on 22 March 2017 at 08:57 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle

A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle crashed on the M11 in Epping Forest at 08:57 on Wednesday 22 March 2017. The 31-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Mar 2017
Wednesday, 08:57
Vehicles
1
Yamaha YZF R1
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63963, longitude 0.08506, in the IG10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chigwell with Lambourne, Epping Forest, IG7 6BX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017420166246
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
11
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1168

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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R1)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

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 2017420166246 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 2017.