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Serious M25 crash in Enfield on 23 March 2003 at 03:15 involving an MCC Smart

An MCC Smart and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M25 in Enfield at 03:15 on Sunday 23 March 2003. The 35-year-old female driver of the MCC Smart was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Mar 2003
Sunday, 03:15
Vehicles
2
MCC Smart and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6827, longitude -0.04488, in the EN8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Waltham Cross, Broxbourne, EN8 8DS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Enfield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200301TC00036
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MCC Smart

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCC Smart)

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 200301TC00036 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 2003.