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Serious M25 crash in Hertsmere on 1 September 1997 at 19:00 involving a car

A car crashed on the M25 in Hertsmere at 19:00 on Monday 1 September 1997. The 23-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Sep 1997
Monday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68532, longitude -0.19423, in the EN5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199701SA00711
Council area
Hertsmere
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199701SA00711 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 1997.