Serious unclassified road crash in Thurrock RM17 on 15 September 2025 at 16:42 involving a motorcycle
Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock at 16:42 on Monday 15 September 2025. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Sep 2025
- Monday, 16:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47984, longitude 0.33764, in the RM17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grays. It is one of the crashes that make up the Little Thurrock Rectory, Thurrock, RM17 6SS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Thurrock
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025421642094
- Council area
- Thurrock
- Police force
- Essex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Wet or damp
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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 1992.
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 11 June 1992
21 m awayRef 19924200F0400
Serious
Ford crash on the B186 in Thurrock, 18 October 1990
51 m awayRef 19904200F0964
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 16 December 1987
60 m awayRef 19874200F0991
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 19 May 2011
105 m awayRef 201142I148905
Fatal
Van crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 19 February 2010
115 m awayRef 201042I046502
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on an unclassified road in Thurrock, 22 February 2008
118 m awayRef 200842I065902
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2025421642094 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Thurrock road accident statistics for 2025.