M25 crash in Epping Forest on 27 June 2017 at 11:24 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a goods vehicle were involved in a crash on the M25 in Epping Forest at 11:24 on Tuesday 27 June 2017. The 40-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jun 2017
- Tuesday, 11:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and goods vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68897, longitude 0.08148, in the CM16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Epping West & Rural, Epping Forest, CM16 4DJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017420195019
- 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
- 25
- 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
- Raining, 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, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 1990.
Serious
Car crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 21 September 1990
30 m awayRef 199001JB00458
Slight
Van crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 7 January 1986
30 m awayRef 198601JB00010
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 30 May 1997
33 m awayRef 199701JB00433
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 2 May 1997
33 m awayRef 199701JB00349
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 13 July 1997
36 m awayRef 199701JB00555
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 14 August 1997
36 m awayRef 199701JB00666
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
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 2017420195019 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.