M25 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 26 August 2004 at 16:07 involving a Ford KA
A lorry and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead at 16:07 on Thursday 26 August 2004. The 35-year-old male driver of the lorry, the 72-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and an 80-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2004
- Thursday, 16:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25831, longitude -0.20096, in the KT20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Reigate, Reigate and Banstead, RH2 9RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200445MO58404
- Council area
- Reigate and Banstead
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- 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
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 2004.
Slight
DAF Trucks FT 95XF crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 15 September 2004
At the same spotRef 200445TA58309
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 1 August 2014
15 m awayRef 2014450017436
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 13 January 2016
20 m awayRef 2016450040051
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 27 April 1997
20 m awayRef 199745WM00029
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 12 January 2004
22 m awayRef 200445TA47643
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 13 June 1997
22 m awayRef 199745WM00059
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- 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 200445MO58404 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 2004.