M25 crash in Tandridge on 5 February 2008 at 07:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Ford Mondeo and a car were involved in a crash on the M25 in Tandridge at 07:45 on Tuesday 5 February 2008. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2008
- Tuesday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27073, longitude 0.02934, in the TN16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tatsfield & Titsey, Tandridge, RH8 0SE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200845TA18236
- Council area
- Tandridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2017.
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 19 February 2017
8 m awayRef 2017450162657
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 20 October 1981
10 m awayRef 198145BC00317
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 19 January 2011
14 m awayRef 201145TA59323
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 21 February 2020
15 m awayRef 2020450934277
Serious
Volvo V40 crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 18 August 2022
17 m awayRef 2022451210877
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 14 May 2004
20 m awayRef 200445TA52768
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200845TA18236 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Tandridge road accident statistics for 2008.