Unclassified road crash in Epping Forest IG10 on 27 December 2019 at 13:15 involving a BMW X5
A bicycle and a BMW X5 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 13:15 on Friday 27 December 2019. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2019
- Friday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and BMW X5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64449, longitude 0.088, in the IG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loughton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loughton Roding, Epping Forest, IG10 3RS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019420913672
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 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, 77 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2007.
Slight
MAN crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 22 January 2007
77 m awayRef 200742I042101
Slight
Car crash on the M11 in Epping Forest, 5 March 1988
96 m awayRef 198801JB00208
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 3 January 2005
104 m awayRef 200542G000401
Serious
Mini Countryman crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 1 July 2013
115 m awayRef 201342I181407
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 31 October 2025
121 m awayRef 2025421661708
Slight
Car crash on the M11 in Epping Forest, 29 November 1989
129 m awayRef 198901JB00954
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 14, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2019420913672 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.