M25 crash in Runnymede on 14 December 2012 at 07:23 involving a Ford Focus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a Ford Fusion, were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 07:23 on Friday 14 December 2012. The 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion and the 38-year-old male driver of the Seat Altea were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2012
- Friday, 07:23
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Focus and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37229, longitude -0.50774, in the KT15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Addlestone. It is one of the crashes that make up the Addlestone North, Runnymede, KT15 1QT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012450001869
- Council area
- Runnymede
- 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
- 50 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2001.
Slight
BMW Z3 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 14 June 2001
28 m awayRef 200145MN07685
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 21 April 2017
29 m awayRef 2017450175678
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 10 May 2012
36 m awayRef 201245RU70459
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 19 July 2020
41 m awayRef 2020450966612
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 14 March 1995
46 m awayRef 199545NM00042
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 6 February 1988
46 m awayRef 198845NA00057
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Seat Altea
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Hyundai ix35
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Seat Altea)
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 2012450001869 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Runnymede road accident statistics for 2012.