M25 crash in Mole Valley on 30 December 2020 at 19:15 involving a Jaguar XJ Series
A Jaguar XJ Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the M25 in Mole Valley at 19:15 on Wednesday 30 December 2020. A 24-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 47-year-old male driver of the Jaguar XJ Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Dec 2020
- Wednesday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XJ Series and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31377, longitude -0.3299, in the KT22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leatherhead North, Mole Valley, KT22 7QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mole Valley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020451011195
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2012.
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 27 December 2012
13 m awayRef 2012450002104
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 4 September 2025
17 m awayRef 2025451637172
Slight
Ford KA crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 9 May 2004
24 m awayRef 200445MO52705
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 16 January 1997
28 m awayRef 199745WM00005
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 5 November 2003
28 m awayRef 200345MO45063
Serious
Car crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 25 June 1989
36 m awayRef 198945ED00251
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar XJ Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020451011195 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 2020.