M25 crash in Runnymede on 7 December 1995 at 18:10 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 18:10 on Thursday 7 December 1995. The 30-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 1995
- Thursday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Kawasaki Z550
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40661, longitude -0.5401, in the TW20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199545NM00178
- Council area
- Runnymede
- Police force
- Surrey
- Highway authority
- Surrey
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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 3
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 August 2004.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 11 August 2004
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Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 24 June 2005
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Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 15 January 2009
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Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 8 October 1995
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Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 12 September 2002
At the same spotRef 200245SR27450
Fatal
Ford Tourneo crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 15 July 2017
7 m awayRef 2017450201930
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki Z550
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 553 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki Z550)
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 199545NM00178 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Runnymede road accident statistics for 1995.