M25 crash in Buckinghamshire on 17 May 2018 at 07:25 involving a Toyota RAV4
A van and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire at 07:25 on Thursday 17 May 2018. The male driver of the Toyota RAV4 was 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
- 17 May 2018
- Thursday, 07:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and Toyota RAV4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50029, longitude -0.49542, in the SL0 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Iver, Buckinghamshire, SL0 9AQ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Bucks district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430153005
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 December 1993.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 28 December 1993
8 m awayRef 199343N133123
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 25 January 2005
9 m awayRef 200543N255015
Serious
Fiat Idea crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 6 June 2005
12 m awayRef 200543N050065
Serious
Suzuki crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 19 October 1993
18 m awayRef 199343N116103
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 23 December 1993
18 m awayRef 199343N130123
Slight
Toyota BZ4X crash on the M25 in Buckinghamshire, 25 November 2025
19 m awayRef 2025430602299
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota RAV4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018430153005 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 2018.