M25 crash in Reigate and Banstead on 24 September 2016 at 13:10 involving a Mercedes R Class
A Mercedes R Class and a Land Rover Range Rover Sport were involved in a crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead at 13:10 on Saturday 24 September 2016. All five casualties 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
- 24 Sep 2016
- Saturday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes R Class and Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26747, longitude -0.24751, in the KT20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton, Reigate and Banstead, KT20 7NJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450116008
- 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2001.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 15 May 2001
8 m awayRef 200145ME06308
Slight
Volvo V60 crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 17 March 2012
10 m awayRef 201245RE69071
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 10 May 1996
16 m awayRef 199645WM00026
Slight
Lorry crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 13 August 1992
16 m awayRef 199245ED00314
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 17 September 2011
18 m awayRef 201145RE64389
Slight
Volvo crash on the M25 in Reigate and Banstead, 25 July 2019
21 m awayRef 2019450862184
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes R Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,367 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Sport)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016450116008 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 2016.