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Serious M25 crash in Three Rivers on 18 September 1999 at 04:00 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry crashed on the M25 in Three Rivers at 04:00 on Saturday 18 September 1999. The 32-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 1999
Saturday, 04:00
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69068, longitude -0.44676, 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
19994100T3127
Council area
Three Rivers
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    5,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 19994100T3127 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 1999.