Serious M25 crash in Three Rivers on 2 December 2022 at 12:22 involving a Fiat 500L
A Fiat 500L and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the M25 in Three Rivers at 12:22 on Friday 2 December 2022. The 19-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500L was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Dec 2022
- Friday, 12:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500L and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68037, longitude -0.45296, in the WD3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chorleywood North & Sarratt, Three Rivers, WD3 4NE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Three Rivers
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022411261484
- Council area
- Three Rivers
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 2009.
Slight
Scania crash on the M25 in Three Rivers, 8 July 2009
7 m awayRef 20094100T6042
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the M25 in Three Rivers, 5 February 2010
9 m awayRef 20104100T3026
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M25 in Three Rivers, 13 March 2009
11 m awayRef 20094100T3046
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the M25 in Three Rivers, 30 August 2000
13 m awayRef 20004100T3193
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the M25 in Three Rivers, 28 May 2005
13 m awayRef 20054100T3101
Serious
Yamaha crash on the M25 in Three Rivers, 18 August 1995
16 m awayRef 19954100T3091
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500L
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500L)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2022411261484 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Three Rivers road accident statistics for 2022.