M25 crash in Runnymede on 3 September 2023 at 17:00 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a Maserati Ghibli were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 17:00 on Sunday 3 September 2023. The 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Ford Galaxy 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
- 3 Sep 2023
- Sunday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Maserati Ghibli
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34963, longitude -0.48678, in the KT15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Haw, Runnymede, KT15 3LP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023451348846
- Council area
- Runnymede
- 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
- 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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 November 2025.
Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 10 November 2025
14 m awayRef 2025451676290
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 16 January 2017
15 m awayRef 2017450150076
Serious
Lorry crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 9 February 1988
30 m awayRef 198845NA00062
Slight
Mercedes GL Class crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 7 October 2024
33 m awayRef 2024451501758
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 17 February 1987
45 m awayRef 198745NA00053
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 14 September 2008
45 m awayRef 200845WO28225
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Maserati Ghibli
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- 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 2023451348846 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Runnymede road accident statistics for 2023.