M25 crash: M25 OPEN after 9 injured in motorway horror crash
NINE people have been injured, with two airlifted to hospital in a serious condition, after a crash on the M25 motorway which took place during the early hours of this morning.
M25 crash: Motorway shut anti-clockwise after eleven injured
The crash took place between a van and a minibus.
Of the nine injured two are in a serious condition.
Emergency services were called to a stretch of motorway between Junction 12 and Junction 13 at about 1.30am on Monday morning.
The M25 was initially closed in both directions as an air ambulance landed on the carriageway.
A specialist recovery team carried out an investigation and vehicles were removed from the motorway.
Motorists suffered delays of around an hour with some taking to Twitter to complain of a standstill lasting up to two hours.
One man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving according to Surrey Police.
Anti-clockwise lanes were shut between Junctions 12 and 13 whilst the police conducted their investigation.
After re-opening a broken down vehicle on the exit slip at junction 13 added to further tension for motorists.
A series of diversions were in place.
And there was a knock-on effect of increased traffic on local roads in the area, as well as on the A3, M4 and M3, Surrey Police wrote on Twitter.
⛔️ The M25 is closed anticlockwise from J13 Staines to J12 M3. Queues from J15 M4. Nine people have been injured, two seriously after crash involving a transit van and a minibus. A man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving [ro] pic.twitter.com/Fs6Nn05LAp
— BBC London Travel (@BBCTravelAlert) October 1, 2018
Highways England tweeted: “M25 anti-clockwise between J13 and J12 is closed due to a collision.
“Surrey Traffic Police investigation ongoing.
“Once we complete we’ll remove the vehicles involved.
“Long delays of approx 30 minutes on the approach to the closure.”
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— CoxeyLoxey (@CoxeyLoxey) October 1, 2018
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One road user tweeted: “Serious accident on the M25.
“Road closure and horrendous queuing traffic.”
One person warned on Twitter that the “horrendous queuing traffic” was leading to impatient motorists using the hard shoulder to avoid the traffic.
Police have requested that anyone with footage of the incident contact them via 101.