M25 crash in Mole Valley on 15 July 1987 at 07:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the M25 in Mole Valley at 07:05 on Wednesday 15 July 1987. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 1987
- Wednesday, 07:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3129, longitude -0.36285, in the KT11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198745ED00266
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- Police force
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
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
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2011.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 1 January 2011
10 m awayRef 201145MO57280
Serious
Car crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 4 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198845ED00386
Slight
Nissan Patrol crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 5 June 1999
14 m awayRef 199945WM00032
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 31 December 2025
17 m awayRef 2025451689560
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 30 September 2002
22 m awayRef 200245RW28078
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 26 May 2002
22 m awayRef 200245SR22459
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 198745ED00266 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mole Valley road accident statistics for 1987.