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M25 crash in Epping Forest on 12 July 2025 at 03:30 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the M25 in Epping Forest at 03:30 on Saturday 12 July 2025. A female passenger, the male driver and a male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jul 2025
Saturday, 03:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68334, longitude 0.13034, in the CM16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Theydon Bois with Passingford, Epping Forest, CM16 7PA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025421614949
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
25
Road type
Slip road
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
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
11

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2025421614949 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.