M25 crash in Havering on 18 December 2001 at 07:00 involving a Renault 19
A Renault 19 and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 07:00 on Tuesday 18 December 2001. A 54-year-old male passenger in the Renault 19 and the 23-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane were 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
- 18 Dec 2001
- Tuesday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 19 and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57425, longitude 0.28356, in the RM14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon, Brentwood, CM13 3JT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200101KD01036
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1999.
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the M25 in Havering, 31 March 1999
10 m awayRef 199901KD00258
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A127 in Havering, 12 February 1999
10 m awayRef 199901KD00117
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Havering, 20 December 2001
14 m awayRef 200101KD09013
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M25 in Havering, 30 January 2005
14 m awayRef 200501KD50092
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M25 in Havering, 27 March 1999
20 m awayRef 199901KD00254
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the M25 in Havering, 27 September 2002
22 m awayRef 200201KD00749
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 19
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 19)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 200101KD01036 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Havering road accident statistics for 2001.