M25 crash in Enfield on 1 May 2012 at 23:50 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX and a van were involved in a crash on the M25 in Enfield at 23:50 on Tuesday 1 May 2012. The 23-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX was 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
- 1 May 2012
- Tuesday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen ZX and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68669, longitude -0.15828, in the EN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ridgeway, Enfield, EN6 5QT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201201YE80304
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2018.
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the M25 in Enfield, 12 May 2018
10 m awayRef 2018010107445
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M25 in Enfield, 1 April 2014
10 m awayRef 201401YE80201
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Enfield, 11 September 1989
14 m awayRef 198901SA00714
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Enfield, 30 January 2019
14 m awayRef 2019010160510
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Enfield, 1 July 2000
20 m awayRef 20000141T3132
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Hertsmere, 17 December 1989
20 m awayRef 198901SA01056
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 64 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen ZX)
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 201201YE80304 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 2012.