M25 crash in Tandridge on 22 December 2012 at 07:42 involving a Porsche 911
A Porsche 911 and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the M25 in Tandridge at 07:42 on Saturday 22 December 2012. The 45-year-old male driver of the Porsche 911 and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Porsche 911 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 07:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Porsche 911 and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25806, longitude -0.05276, in the RH9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Godstone, Tandridge, RH9 8AX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Tandridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012450002040
- Council area
- Tandridge
- 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1994.
Slight
Talbot Samba crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 29 August 1994
29 m awayRef 199445EM00112
Slight
Renault crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 25 October 2005
30 m awayRef 200545TA75637
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 24 June 2020
31 m awayRef 2020450959925
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 17 June 2025
32 m awayRef 2025451606951
Serious
Car crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 6 July 1990
33 m awayRef 199045EC00211
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 30 March 1999
39 m awayRef 199945EM00032
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Porsche 911
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,692 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Porsche 911)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Porsche 911)
- 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 2012450002040 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 2012.