M25 crash in Buckinghamshire on 20 May 2017 at 14:15 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and two cars were involved in a crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire at 14:15 on Saturday 20 May 2017. All four 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
- 20 May 2017
- Saturday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61253, longitude -0.52715, in the WD3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, WD3 9XW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Chiltern district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430159553
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 5 April 1987
8 m awayRef 198743A014047
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 6 August 2019
9 m awayRef 2019430243104
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 30 May 2008
22 m awayRef 200843N277058
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 20 October 2007
22 m awayRef 200743N269107
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 31 January 2000
23 m awayRef 200043N403010
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 1 November 1999
25 m awayRef 199943N010119
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017430159553 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 2017.