M25 crash in Buckinghamshire on 9 July 2016 at 16:40 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Volkswagen Golf and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire at 16:40 on Saturday 9 July 2016. The 22-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane, the 31-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 32-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 were 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
- 9 Jul 2016
- Saturday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51599, longitude -0.50043, in the SL0 postcode district and within the built-up area of Iver. It is one of the crashes that make up the Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 9JX area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Bucks district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016430440716
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 24 October 2022
3 m awayRef 2022430478280
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 24 August 2001
4 m awayRef 200143N275081
Slight
Volvo crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 12 January 1993
4 m awayRef 199343N069013
Slight
MG Maestro crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 1 January 1991
4 m awayRef 199143B000351
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 14 April 2016
6 m awayRef 2016431210416
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 18 August 2006
6 m awayRef 200643N132086
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 2016430440716 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Buckinghamshire road accident statistics for 2016.