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M25 crash in Sevenoaks on 20 December 2019 at 04:20 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class crashed on the M25 in Sevenoaks at 04:20 on Friday 20 December 2019. A 39-year-old male passenger and a 6-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2019
Friday, 04:20
Vehicles
1
Mercedes C Class
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27272, longitude 0.04865, in the TN16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westerham and Crockham Hill, Sevenoaks, TN16 2EW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Sevenoaks

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019460914851
Council area
Sevenoaks
Police force
Kent
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Kent

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2019460914851 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sevenoaks road accident statistics for 2019.