M25 crash in Hertsmere on 26 April 2018 at 17:26 involving a Suzuki Splash
Two cars, a Suzuki Splash and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the M25 in Hertsmere at 17:26 on Thursday 26 April 2018. The 39-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Splash and the 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2018
- Thursday, 17:26
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki Splash and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7068, longitude -0.25533, in the WD7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shenley, Hertsmere, WD7 9FP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018410295571
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 24 December 1982.
Fatal
Car crash on the A6 in Hertsmere, 24 December 1982
4 m awayRef 1982010SA1018
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 20 December 2013
6 m awayRef 20134100T3272
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 10 July 2004
10 m awayRef 20044100T3146
Slight
Lorry crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 16 March 1998
16 m awayRef 1998010SU0990
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 10 February 2002
18 m awayRef 20024100T3029
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 14 October 2008
20 m awayRef 20084100T3140
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Splash
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 63 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Splash)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018410295571 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 2018.