M25 crash in Enfield on 8 March 2020 at 20:50 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the M25 in Enfield at 20:50 on Sunday 8 March 2020. The 36-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Mar 2020
- Sunday, 20:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68973, longitude -0.09291, in the EN7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitewebbs, Enfield, EN2 9DY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Enfield
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020010240886
- Council area
- Enfield
- 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, no street lighting
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 2001.
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the M25 in Enfield, 26 September 2001
2 m awayRef 200101YF00525
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M25 in Enfield, 6 November 2009
11 m awayRef 200901YE80724
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the M25 in Broxbourne, 3 May 2000
12 m awayRef 20004100T3070
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M25 in Broxbourne, 9 August 2000
18 m awayRef 20004100T3174
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M25 in Enfield, 27 June 1999
18 m awayRef 199901SC00914
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the M25 in Broxbourne, 22 November 1991
22 m awayRef 199101SA00875
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2020010240886 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Enfield road accident statistics for 2020.