M25 crash in Havering on 27 October 2003 at 17:42 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 17:42 on Monday 27 October 2003. A 33-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 307 and the 34-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2003
- Monday, 17:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57289, longitude 0.28421, 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
- 200301TC00670
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1992.
Slight
Audi 90 crash on the A127 in Havering, 3 May 1992
At the same spotRef 199201KD00350
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M25 in Havering, 24 October 2003
10 m awayRef 200301TC00621
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A127 in Havering, 15 March 1983
10 m awayRef 1983010KD0229
Slight
Car crash on the A127 in Havering, 21 April 1988
10 m awayRef 198801KD00449
Serious
Scooter crash on the A127 in Havering, 1 August 1986
10 m awayRef 198601KD00671
Slight
Car crash on the A127 in Havering, 1 November 1982
14 m awayRef 1982010KD1124
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
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 200301TC00670 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 2003.