B194 crash in Epping Forest on 17 December 2025 at 16:10 involving a Vauxhall Agila
A Vauxhall Agila and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the B194 in Epping Forest at 16:10 on Wednesday 17 December 2025. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo van was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Wednesday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Agila and Vauxhall Combo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70797, longitude 0.00145, in the EN9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waltham Abbey North, Epping Forest, EN9 2EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Epping Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025421684716
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 194
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 November 2022.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B194 in Epping Forest, 4 November 2022
3 m awayRef 2022421238625
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B194 in Epping Forest, 7 August 2012
4 m awayRef 201242I249008
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the B194 in Epping Forest, 6 June 2008
7 m awayRef 200842I200006
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B194 in Epping Forest, 8 September 2017
8 m awayRef 2017420217918
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Epping Forest, 1 May 2003
12 m awayRef 20034200G0344
Slight
Kia Sorento crash on the B194 in Epping Forest, 16 February 2006
13 m awayRef 200642G011702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Combo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025421684716 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.