M25 crash in Havering on 13 September 2018 at 20:45 involving a Citroen Relay van
A Citroen Relay van and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 20:45 on Thursday 13 September 2018. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Relay van and the 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were 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
- 13 Sep 2018
- Thursday, 20:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Relay and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6145, longitude 0.25596, in the CM14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald, Brentwood, CM14 5QR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018010132449
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2024.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the M25 in Havering, 28 September 2024
4 m awayRef 2024010534784
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the M25 in Havering, 27 December 2023
6 m awayRef 2023010486149
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the M25 in Havering, 16 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200801KD76552
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the M25 in Havering, 25 May 2012
14 m awayRef 201201TD00076
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M25 in Havering, 19 May 2012
14 m awayRef 201201KD50205
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the M25 in Brentwood, 27 June 2000
14 m awayRef 20004200G0535
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Relay
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Relay)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2018010132449 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 2018.