M25 crash in Tandridge on 6 July 2016 at 16:40 involving a BMW X1
Four vehicles, including a BMW X1 and an Audi A4, were involved in a crash on the M25 in Tandridge at 16:40 on Wednesday 6 July 2016. A 6-year-old male passenger in the BMW X1 and the 38-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 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
- 6 Jul 2016
- Wednesday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW X1 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25825, longitude -0.07366, 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
- 2016450084617
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 6 October 2014
3 m awayRef 2014450019222
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 15 February 1999
8 m awayRef 199945EM00013
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 2 January 2024
10 m awayRef 2024451394130
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 16 June 2007
14 m awayRef 200745TA05489
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 4 July 1996
14 m awayRef 199645EM00093
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M25 in Tandridge, 4 December 2010
18 m awayRef 201045TA56396
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW X1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,393 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X1)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016450084617 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 2016.