M25 crash in Welwyn Hatfield on 11 July 1988 at 11:10 involving a van
Two vans and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M25 in Welwyn Hatfield at 11:10 on Monday 11 July 1988. The 38-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 1988
- Monday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Van and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69149, longitude -0.10645, in the EN2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Welwyn Hatfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198801SA00529
- Council area
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Welwyn Hatfield, 19 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198801SA00912
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the M25 in Welwyn Hatfield, 29 November 2000
At the same spotRef 20004100T3334
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the M25 in Enfield, 19 October 2025
1 m awayRef 2025010604572
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the M25 in Enfield, 15 December 2005
20 m awayRef 200501YE81074
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M25 in Enfield, 9 June 2017
45 m awayRef 2017010042235
Serious
Van crash on the A81 in Merton, 7 May 1982
51 m awayRef 1982010VW0292
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)
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 198801SA00529 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Welwyn Hatfield road accident statistics for 1988.