Serious A128 crash in Epping Forest on 15 September 2019 at 18:37 involving a Ford Fiesta
A motorcycle, a Ford Fiesta and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the A128 in Epping Forest at 18:37 on Sunday 15 September 2019. The 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Sep 2019
- Sunday, 18:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70687, longitude 0.24501, in the CM5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chipping Ongar. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ongar, Epping Forest, CM5 0PX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019420877673
- 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
- 128
- 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
- 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
- Less 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2019.
Slight
Ford Ecosport crash on the A128 in Epping Forest, 13 November 2019
3 m awayRef 2019420898741
Serious
Car crash on the A128 in Epping Forest, 2 May 2024
4 m awayRef 2024421440228
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A128 in Epping Forest, 2 March 2013
6 m awayRef 201342I053403
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 29 May 2005
6 m awayRef 200542G043105
Slight
Van crash on the A128 in Epping Forest, 23 February 2000
6 m awayRef 20004200G0132
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the A128 in Epping Forest, 16 October 2006
6 m awayRef 200642I423110
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 625 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2019420877673 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 2019.