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M25 crash in Enfield on 14 June 1997 at 19:20 involving a Scania lorry

A lorry and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the M25 in Enfield at 19:20 on Saturday 14 June 1997. A 22-year-old male passenger in the lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jun 1997
Saturday, 19:20
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68191, longitude -0.02714, in the EN8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Enfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701SA00511
Council area
Enfield
Police force
Metropolitan Police

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
25
Road type
Dual carriageway
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 7 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    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 199701SA00511 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 1997.