C road crash in Havering RM7 on 19 December 2025 at 17:56 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Havering at 17:56 on Friday 19 December 2025. The 26-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2025
- Friday, 17:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.57145, longitude 0.18127, in the RM7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Havering. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Edward's, Havering, RM1 1RX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Havering
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025010616630
- Council area
- Havering
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 24 August 2019.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A125 in Havering, 24 August 2019
1 m awayRef 2019010201384
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on a C road in Havering, 10 October 2019
1 m awayRef 2019010210875
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A125 in Havering, 16 August 2025
5 m awayRef 2025010592350
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on a C road in Havering, 14 April 2019
5 m awayRef 2019010175149
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A125 in Havering, 5 February 1991
6 m awayRef 199101KD00118
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B162 in Havering, 11 August 1990
6 m awayRef 199001KD00814
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025010616630 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.