M25 crash in Elmbridge on 16 December 2007 at 18:14 involving an MG ZR
A lorry and an MG ZR were involved in a crash on the M25 in Elmbridge at 18:14 on Sunday 16 December 2007. The 41-year-old male driver of the MG ZR was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2007
- Sunday, 18:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and MG ZR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31043, longitude -0.42276, in the KT11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 1LJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200745EL15588
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2011.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 19 October 2011
10 m awayRef 201145GU65137
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 5 November 2023
12 m awayRef 2023451370886
Serious
Audi A6 crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 1 July 2015
14 m awayRef 2015450026491
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 25 October 2008
14 m awayRef 200845EL30387
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 3 October 2016
16 m awayRef 2016450115456
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 13 June 2002
22 m awayRef 200245SR24145
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
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG ZR)
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 200745EL15588 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 2007.