M25 crash in Guildford on 25 January 2016 at 18:35 involving a Renault Twingo
A lorry and a Renault Twingo were involved in a crash on the M25 in Guildford at 18:35 on Monday 25 January 2016. The 24-year-old female driver of the Renault Twingo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2016
- Monday, 18:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Renault Twingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32351, longitude -0.45522, in the GU23 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 Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450042924
- Council area
- Guildford
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 3
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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M25 in Guildford, 23 December 2016
6 m awayRef 2016450149689
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the M25 in Guildford, 17 October 2022
6 m awayRef 2022451231262
Serious
Car crash on the M25 in Guildford, 5 August 1991
9 m awayRef 199145NA05278
Serious
Car crash on the M25 in Guildford, 23 November 1985
22 m awayRef 198545NW00512
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M25 in Guildford, 6 September 2016
24 m awayRef 2016450104426
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Guildford, 27 March 1989
27 m awayRef 198945NA05131
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
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Vehicle 2: Renault Twingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Twingo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2016450042924 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Guildford road accident statistics for 2016.