M25 crash in Mole Valley on 31 January 2023 at 18:45 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Lexus UX 250 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Mole Valley at 18:45 on Tuesday 31 January 2023. The 67-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2023
- Tuesday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Lexus UX 250
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31523, longitude -0.33175, 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
- 2023451270862
- Council area
- Mole Valley
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 243
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2003.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 29 June 2003
4 m awayRef 200345RE39064
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 29 August 2014
5 m awayRef 2014450018060
Slight
Peugeot 108 crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 24 May 2020
7 m awayRef 2020450953044
Slight
Honda CBR900RR crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 15 October 2006
7 m awayRef 200645MO93417
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A243 in Mole Valley, 1 September 2022
9 m awayRef 2022451215173
Slight
Peugeot RCZ crash on the M25 in Mole Valley, 8 December 2012
9 m awayRef 2012450001070
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Lexus UX 250
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2023451270862 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 2023.