M1 crash in Milton Keynes on 25 January 2025 at 20:26 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A car and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes at 20:26 on Saturday 25 January 2025. The 24-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2025
- Saturday, 20:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11664, longitude -0.80048, in the MK19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Milton Keynes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025430041202
- Council area
- Milton Keynes
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2016.
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 27 August 2016
19 m awayRef 201643S101086
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 13 February 2002
32 m awayRef 200243S050022
Fatal
Leyland DAF FTG 95 crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 1 December 1996
43 m awayRef 199643S001126
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 23 April 2008
66 m awayRef 200843S114048
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 1 June 1993
66 m awayRef 199343S001063
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 14 June 1992
69 m awayRef 199243S027062
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 45 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2025430041202 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Milton Keynes road accident statistics for 2025.