Serious A112 crash in Epping Forest on 15 March 2021 at 17:59 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle
A car and a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A112 in Epping Forest at 17:59 on Monday 15 March 2021. The 25-year-old female rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Mar 2021
- Monday, 17:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda WW125EX2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6671, longitude 0.00105, in the EN9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sewardstone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waltham Abbey South & Rural, Epping Forest, E4 7DF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021421028343
- 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
- 112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2024.
Slight
Renault Kadjar crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 12 March 2024
7 m awayRef 2024421419811
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 3 January 1998
15 m awayRef 199801JB00014
Slight
Car crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 31 May 1986
19 m awayRef 198601JC00313
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 22 August 2015
26 m awayRef 201542I273008
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 21 September 2014
38 m awayRef 201442I320309
Slight
Car crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 7 December 1986
41 m awayRef 198601JC00743
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda WW125EX2)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2021421028343 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 2021.