M25 crash in Thurrock on 23 February 2011 at 20:45 involving a BMW M3
Four vehicles, including a car and a BMW M3, were involved in a crash on the M25 in Thurrock at 20:45 on Wednesday 23 February 2011. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was 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
- 23 Feb 2011
- Wednesday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW M3 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50315, longitude 0.26761, in the RM15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aveley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Belhus, Thurrock, RM15 5JZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201142I076902
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1992.
Slight
Lorry crash on the M25 in Thurrock, 6 October 1992
10 m awayRef 19924200F0702
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M25 in Thurrock, 16 December 2011
10 m awayRef 201142I432912
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the M25 in Thurrock, 6 October 2002
10 m awayRef 20024200F0508
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M25 in Thurrock, 9 August 2008
20 m awayRef 200842I288308
Slight
Renault Master crash on the M25 in Thurrock, 6 June 1996
20 m awayRef 19964200F0228
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the M25 in Southend-on-Sea, 31 October 2004
22 m awayRef 20044200F0543
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: BMW M3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,246 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201142I076902 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2011.