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Serious A1069 crash in Epping Forest on 21 August 2017 at 13:10 involving a Hyundai i20

A motorcycle and a Hyundai i20 were involved in a crash on the A1069 in Epping Forest at 13:10 on Monday 21 August 2017. The male rider of the motorcycle and a 19-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured and the 47-year-old female driver of the Hyundai i20 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Aug 2017
Monday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Hyundai i20
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63695, longitude 0.02878, in the IG9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loughton Forest, Epping Forest, IG10 4RP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017420212422
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
1069
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    650 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai i20

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i20)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2017420212422 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.