M25 crash in Spelthorne on 22 June 2017 at 19:15 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the M25 in Spelthorne at 19:15 on Thursday 22 June 2017. The 21-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series, the 56-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class and a 45-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes E Class 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
- 22 Jun 2017
- Thursday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44161, longitude -0.53076, in the TW18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury, Windsor and Maidenhead, TW19 6HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Spelthorne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450196876
- Council area
- Spelthorne
- 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
- Urban
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2002.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 6 February 2002
5 m awayRef 200245RN18509
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 12 September 1996
5 m awayRef 199645NM00109
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 22 October 2014
8 m awayRef 2014450019627
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 1 November 2025
16 m awayRef 2025451662295
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 24 September 1998
18 m awayRef 199845NM00157
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the M25 in Spelthorne, 11 December 2015
19 m awayRef 2015450036222
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2017450196876 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Spelthorne road accident statistics for 2017.