M25 crash in Epping Forest on 4 July 2025 at 13:45 involving a Mitsubishi Outlander
A Mitsubishi Outlander and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the M25 in Epping Forest at 13:45 on Friday 4 July 2025. The 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2025
- Friday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Outlander and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68956, longitude 0.09322, 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
- 2025421611750
- Council area
- Epping Forest
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2021.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 16 March 2021
16 m awayRef 2021421028551
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 29 March 2010
19 m awayRef 201042I092803
Serious
Volvo crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 6 February 1999
25 m awayRef 199901JB00134
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 9 March 2010
26 m awayRef 201042I100703
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 26 December 2014
27 m awayRef 201442I444212
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 25 October 2014
27 m awayRef 201442I369710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Outlander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 2,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2025421611750 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 2025.