M25 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 6 May 2015 at 08:39 involving an Audi A4
A lorry and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead at 08:39 on Wednesday 6 May 2015. The 37-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2015
- Wednesday, 08:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27053, longitude -0.25421, in the KT20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tadworth and Epsom Downs. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton, Reigate and Banstead, KT20 7NJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Reigate and Banstead
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450024716
- Council area
- Reigate and Banstead
- 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
- Urban
- 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
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 2 March 1987
14 m awayRef 198745ED00046
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 12 November 2002
14 m awayRef 200245RW30108
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 28 January 2014
16 m awayRef 2014450012572
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 15 August 1996
16 m awayRef 199645WM00062
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 27 June 2007
18 m awayRef 200745RE06820
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 19 March 2004
18 m awayRef 200445RE50430
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 East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
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 2015450024716 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reigate and Banstead road accident statistics for 2015.