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Serious M25 crash in Three Rivers on 20 December 1990 at 01:34 involving a Toyota Hilux van

A Toyota Hilux van crashed on the M25 in Three Rivers at 01:34 on Thursday 20 December 1990. The 24-year-old male driver and a 29-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1990
Thursday, 01:34
Vehicles
1
Toyota Hilux
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68224, longitude -0.45082, in the WD4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19904141B1025
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,237 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

    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 19904141B1025 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 1990.