M25 crash in Spelthorne on 27 May 2004 at 14:44 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry
Four vehicles, including an Iveco-Ford lorry and a Citroen Xsara, were involved in a crash on the M25 in Spelthorne at 14:44 on Thursday 27 May 2004. The 37-year-old male driver of the Volvo lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2004
- Thursday, 14:44
- Vehicles
- 4
- Iveco-Ford and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45424, longitude -0.52043, in the TW19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Staines, Spelthorne, TW19 6EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200445SP53331
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1989.
Slight
Lorry crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 11 July 1989
10 m awayRef 198901TG00281
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 17 April 2016
10 m awayRef 2016450068343
Slight
Ford KA crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 6 October 2017
18 m awayRef 2017450230501
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 14 September 1989
22 m awayRef 198901TG00384
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 28 April 2025
28 m awayRef 2025451584166
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 5 March 1999
30 m awayRef 199901TG00081
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,861 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: DAF Trucks FTG 95XF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,130 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 4 (Volvo)
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 200445SP53331 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Spelthorne road accident statistics for 2004.