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M25 crash in Havering on 22 December 2002 at 04:20 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the M25 in Havering at 04:20 on Sunday 22 December 2002. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2002
Sunday, 04:20
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61517, longitude 0.25542, in the CM14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald, Brentwood, CM14 5QR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Havering

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201KD01009
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
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    348 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 200201KD01009 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 2002.