M25 crash in Havering on 13 August 2025 at 07:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Tiguan were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 07:00 on Wednesday 13 August 2025. The 59-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was 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
- 13 Aug 2025
- Wednesday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Tiguan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53785, longitude 0.28152, in the RM14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Upminster, Havering, RM14 3QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010591760
- 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
- 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, 27 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 March 2017.
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the M25 in Havering, 14 March 2017
27 m awayRef 2017010025188
Slight
Jaguar E-Pace crash on the M25 in Havering, 8 December 2024
33 m awayRef 2024010548147
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the M25 in Havering, 8 January 2023
57 m awayRef 2023010420757
Slight
Foden crash on the M25 in Brentwood, 23 February 1996
73 m awayRef 19964200G0154
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the M25 in Brentwood, 11 December 1992
83 m awayRef 19924200F0904
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on a C road in Havering, 5 November 1991
121 m awayRef 199101KD00952
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Tiguan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2025010591760 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 2025.