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Unclassified road crash in Epping Forest RM4 on 13 November 2025 at 14:17 involving a Smart Fortwo

A Smart Fortwo and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest at 14:17 on Thursday 13 November 2025. The 21-year-old driver of the Smart Fortwo and the 20-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai were 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
13 Nov 2025
Thursday, 14:17
Vehicles
2
Smart Fortwo and Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63338, longitude 0.13885, in the RM4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025421668065
Council area
Epping Forest
Police force
Essex
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Essex

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smart Fortwo)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 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 2025421668065 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.