M25 crash in Sevenoaks on 26 July 2010 at 15:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A lorry and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the M25 in Sevenoaks at 15:55 on Monday 26 July 2010. The 33-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were 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
- 26 Jul 2010
- Monday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.289, longitude 0.13484, in the TN14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge, Sevenoaks, TN14 6HF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010460189109
- Council area
- Sevenoaks
- Police force
- Kent
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Kent
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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 December 2019.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M25 in Sevenoaks, 22 December 2019
15 m awayRef 2019460915080
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M25 in Sevenoaks, 16 June 1997
22 m awayRef 199746WK26535
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M25 in Sevenoaks, 14 April 2006
22 m awayRef 2006460124908
Slight
Volvo XC40 crash on the M25 in Sevenoaks, 29 May 2024
27 m awayRef 2024461455563
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the M25 in Sevenoaks, 22 March 2000
30 m awayRef 200046WK15647
Slight
Lorry crash on the M25 in Sevenoaks, 3 May 1996
32 m awayRef 199646WK22112
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2010460189109 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2010.