M25 crash in Mole Valley on 21 January 2019 at 07:40 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Mole Valley at 07:40 on Monday 21 January 2019. The 44-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series, a 12-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series and a 10-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series 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
- 21 Jan 2019
- Monday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31553, longitude -0.33569, in the KT22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leatherhead North, Mole Valley, KT22 7QJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019450809998
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Dislodged vehicle load in carriageway
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, 7 metres away, was a fatal crash on 11 December 1991.
Fatal
Citroen XM crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 11 December 1991
7 m awayRef 199145ED00448
Slight
MAN crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 6 March 2023
11 m awayRef 2023451284388
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 26 March 2022
13 m awayRef 2022451157691
Serious
Car crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 5 August 1987
16 m awayRef 198745ED00312
Slight
BMW K 100 RT crash on the A244 in Mole Valley, 17 June 1993
16 m awayRef 199345ED00193
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 24 February 2000
16 m awayRef 200045WM00018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019450809998 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mole Valley road accident statistics for 2019.