M25 crash in Enfield on 15 December 2005 at 18:15 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander, a Renault Clio and a Mazda MX-3 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Enfield at 18:15 on Thursday 15 December 2005. The 48-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander and the 21-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2005
- Thursday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Freelander and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69144, longitude -0.10614, in the EN2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitewebbs, Enfield, EN2 9DY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200501YE81074
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1988.
Slight
Van crash on the M25 in Welwyn Hatfield, 11 July 1988
20 m awayRef 198801SA00529
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the M25 in Welwyn Hatfield, 29 November 2000
20 m awayRef 20004100T3334
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Welwyn Hatfield, 19 November 1988
20 m awayRef 198801SA00912
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the M25 in Enfield, 19 October 2025
21 m awayRef 2025010604572
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M25 in Enfield, 9 June 2017
28 m awayRef 2017010042235
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Enfield, 15 September 2022
49 m awayRef 2022010400029
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda MX-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 200501YE81074 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 2005.