M25 crash in Epping Forest on 16 March 2021 at 11:56 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the M25 in Epping Forest at 11:56 on Tuesday 16 March 2021. The 45-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo and the 47-year-old male driver of the Scania lorry were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Mar 2021
- Tuesday, 11:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and Scania
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68967, longitude 0.09308, in the CM16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Theydon Bois with Passingford, Epping Forest, CM16 4EE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021421028551
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2010.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 29 March 2010
9 m awayRef 201042I092803
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 19 January 2018
14 m awayRef 2018420260063
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 4 July 2025
16 m awayRef 2025421611750
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 9 March 2010
19 m awayRef 201042I100703
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 25 October 2014
28 m awayRef 201442I369710
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 26 December 2014
33 m awayRef 201442I444212
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,742 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Scania)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2021421028551 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.