Serious A112 crash in Epping Forest on 24 March 2021 at 16:49 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008 and a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A112 in Epping Forest at 16:49 on Wednesday 24 March 2021. The 29-year-old male rider of the KTM 125 Duke motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Mar 2021
- Wednesday, 16:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 2008 and KTM 125 Duke
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66059, longitude -0.00374, in the E4 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
- 2021421030507
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2003.
Slight
Toyota 4-Runner crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 6 September 2003
7 m awayRef 20034200G0773
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 27 March 2021
10 m awayRef 2021421031607
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 10 March 1997
11 m awayRef 199701JB00174
Slight
Car crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 4 June 1985
11 m awayRef 198501JC00274
Slight
Car crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 24 May 1986
17 m awayRef 198601JC00301
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A112 in Epping Forest, 31 December 2025
18 m awayRef 2025421690018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: KTM 125 Duke
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (KTM 125 Duke)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2021421030507 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.