Serious M25 crash in Elmbridge on 3 November 1995 at 09:40 involving a Ford van
A car, a Ford van and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on the M25 in Elmbridge at 09:40 on Friday 3 November 1995. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Nov 1995
- Friday, 09:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31783, longitude -0.44031, in the KT11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199545WM00100
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 25
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2006.
Slight
Chrysler PT Cruiser crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 10 October 2006
10 m awayRef 200645MO92997
Slight
Nissan 100 crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 6 April 1996
10 m awayRef 199645WM00018
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 7 October 2001
10 m awayRef 200145MW12300
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 16 July 1987
10 m awayRef 198745ED00267
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 6 February 1996
10 m awayRef 199645WM00004
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 6 June 2025
12 m awayRef 2025451599668
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
Vehicle 2: Ford
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Road works
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen BX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen BX)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen BX)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 199545WM00100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 1995.