M25 crash in Hertsmere on 20 February 2013 at 20:50 involving a DAF Trucks FTG 85CF lorry
A car and a DAF Trucks FTG 85CF lorry were involved in a crash on the M25 in Hertsmere at 20:50 on Wednesday 20 February 2013. The 40-year-old male driver of the car 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
- 20 Feb 2013
- Wednesday, 20:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and DAF Trucks FTG 85CF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68344, longitude -0.21541, in the EN5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shenley, Hertsmere, EN5 4RT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 20134100T3029
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2015.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 5 August 2015
7 m awayRef 20154100T3121
Serious
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 30 December 2015
19 m awayRef 20154100T3198
Serious
Citroen Gsa crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 11 November 1991
20 m awayRef 199101SA00843
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 7 June 2025
22 m awayRef 2025411603963
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 16 January 2021
22 m awayRef 2021411015761
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 13 July 1991
36 m awayRef 199101SA00525
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FTG 85CF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 20134100T3029 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 2013.