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M25 crash in Mole Valley on 12 April 1990 at 02:32 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the M25 in Mole Valley at 02:32 on Thursday 12 April 1990. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 1990
Thursday, 02:32
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30703, longitude -0.39319, 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
199045ED00141
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199045ED00141 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 1990.