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M25 crash in Havering on 18 May 2008 at 17:15 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Volkswagen Touran were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 17:15 on Sunday 18 May 2008. The 43-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 May 2008
Sunday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Volkswagen Touran
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57237, longitude 0.28332, 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
200801KD72675
Council area
Havering
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
127

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 200801KD72675 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 2008.