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A414 crash in Epping Forest on 6 August 2020 at 09:15 involving a Smart Forfour

A Smart Forfour crashed on the A414 in Epping Forest at 09:15 on Thursday 6 August 2020. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Aug 2020
Thursday, 09:15
Vehicles
1
Smart Forfour
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.74457, longitude 0.13562, in the CM17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Weald Bassett, Epping Forest, CM17 9LA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020420970262
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
414
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Forfour

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    898 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Forfour)

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 2020420970262 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 2020.