M25 crash in Havering on 10 December 2017 at 13:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 13:55 on Sunday 10 December 2017. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra, a 50-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra and a 3-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2017
- Sunday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59879, longitude 0.26832, in the CM14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald, Brentwood, CM14 5NH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017010076744
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2018.
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M25 in Havering, 24 October 2018
14 m awayRef 2018010141000
Slight
Lorry crash on the M25 in Brentwood, 14 August 1984
20 m awayRef 19844200F0589
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M25 in Havering, 29 April 2016
20 m awayRef 201601KD50227
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the M25 in Havering, 21 December 2010
22 m awayRef 201001KD50671
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the M25 in Havering, 1 February 2005
22 m awayRef 200501KD50080
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M25 in Havering, 2 April 2000
22 m awayRef 20000142G0220
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017010076744 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 2017.