M25 crash in Hertsmere on 9 October 2025 at 09:44 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Renault Master van were involved in a crash on the M25 in Hertsmere at 09:44 on Thursday 9 October 2025. The 47-year-old male driver of the Renault Master van 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
- 9 Oct 2025
- Thursday, 09:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Renault Master
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.68674, longitude -0.17064, in the EN6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Potters Bar Oakmere, Hertsmere, EN6 5ES area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Hertsmere
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025411680255
- Council area
- Hertsmere
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2006.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 22 September 2006
7 m awayRef 20064100T3151
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 11 June 1991
13 m awayRef 199101SA00405
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 9 July 1988
19 m awayRef 198801SA00520
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 4 July 1996
21 m awayRef 199601SA00560
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 19 August 1997
22 m awayRef 199701SA00657
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the M25 in Hertsmere, 18 April 1996
22 m awayRef 199601SA00304
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Renault Master
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Master)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025411680255 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hertsmere road accident statistics for 2025.