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Fatal M25 crash in Enfield on 28 August 2002 at 03:05 involving a Fiat Marea

A Fiat Marea crashed on the M25 in Enfield at 03:05 on Wednesday 28 August 2002. A 47-year-old male passenger, an 8-year-old female passenger and a 12-year-old female passenger were killed and one other person 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
Fatal
Date
28 Aug 2002
Wednesday, 03:05
Vehicles
1
Fiat Marea
Casualties
4
3 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68832, longitude -0.12464, in the EN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northaw and Cuffley, Welwyn Hatfield, EN2 8AU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200201YF00448
Council area
Enfield
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Marea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200201YF00448 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 2002.