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M25 crash in Havering on 14 September 2025 at 23:00 involving a Kia Picanto

A Kia Picanto and a BMW X5 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Havering at 23:00 on Sunday 14 September 2025. The 40-year-old male driver of the Kia Picanto and the 60-year-old male driver of the BMW X5 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Sep 2025
Sunday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Kia Picanto and BMW X5
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.55128, longitude 0.28607, in the RM14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Havering

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025010597614
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto

    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
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: BMW X5

    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
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    4,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X5)

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 2025010597614 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.