M25 crash in Havering on 15 December 2004 at 16:50 involving a Citroen Berlingo
Four vehicles, including a Citroen Berlingo and a Nissan Almera, were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 16:50 on Wednesday 15 December 2004. The 78-year-old male driver of the Citroen Berlingo and a female passenger in the Citroen Berlingo 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
- 15 Dec 2004
- Wednesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- Citroen Berlingo and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57188, longitude 0.28503, 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
- 200401KD50102
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 2007.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the M25 in Havering, 28 July 2007
At the same spotRef 200701KD65165
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Havering, 8 May 1987
20 m awayRef 198701KD00757
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M25 in Havering, 4 July 2007
20 m awayRef 200701KD64505
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the M25 in Brentwood, 7 August 1998
20 m awayRef 19984200G0610
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A127 in Havering, 16 June 1995
22 m awayRef 199501KD00499
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the A127 in Havering, 19 June 1995
30 m awayRef 199501KD00615
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 75
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200401KD50102 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 2004.