A113 crash in Epping Forest on 23 April 2021 at 16:38 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 hit a pedestrian on the A113 in Epping Forest at 16:38 on Friday 23 April 2021. A 13-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2021
- Friday, 16:38
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.65196, longitude 0.12113, in the RM4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Theydon Bois with Passingford, Epping Forest, RM4 1TX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021421038652
- 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
- 113
- 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 November 2006.
Slight
Lexus GS300 crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 17 November 2006
8 m awayRef 200642I479111
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 8 November 2017
8 m awayRef 2017420237986
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 22 June 1992
29 m awayRef 19924200G0388
Serious
DAF Trucks Fad 85CF crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 16 March 2005
30 m awayRef 200542G016403
Serious
Citroen C15 crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 15 July 2003
38 m awayRef 20034200G0597
Serious
Car crash on the A113 in Epping Forest, 7 August 1979
44 m awayRef 1979420070538
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- 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 2021421038652 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.