M25 crash in Havering on 30 November 2016 at 21:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a lorry were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 21:00 on Wednesday 30 November 2016. The 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus 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
- 30 Nov 2016
- Wednesday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56018, longitude 0.29007, in the RM14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upminster, Havering, RM14 3NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016010004305
- Council area
- Havering
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2000.
Slight
Mercedes SL Class crash on the M25 in Epping Forest, 1 November 2000
At the same spotRef 20004200G1014
Slight
Van crash on the M25 in Havering, 28 August 2015
10 m awayRef 201501KD50483
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M25 in Brentwood, 22 September 2000
10 m awayRef 20004200G0859
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M25 in Havering, 7 September 2023
11 m awayRef 2023010464683
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M25 in Havering, 29 April 2020
20 m awayRef 2020010246250
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the M25 in Brentwood, 11 September 1994
20 m awayRef 19944200G0674
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016010004305 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 2016.