M25 crash in Elmbridge on 19 December 2015 at 14:00 involving a Fiat Punto
Four vehicles, including a Fiat Punto and a Ford Focus, were involved in a crash on the M25 in Elmbridge at 14:00 on Saturday 19 December 2015. The 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2015
- Saturday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Fiat Punto and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31959, longitude -0.44373, in the KT11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 1EH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450037041
- 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
- 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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2019.
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 7 June 2019
11 m awayRef 2019450846256
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 15 April 2025
11 m awayRef 2025451578444
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 14 July 2025
15 m awayRef 2025451615915
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 17 March 2001
15 m awayRef 2001450003213
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 7 August 2014
16 m awayRef 2014450017655
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Guildford, 11 February 1988
19 m awayRef 198845ED00055
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2015450037041 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 2015.