A woman in her 70s has died following a car crash on the M25 near Chertsey yesterday afternoon.

Officers were called at around 2pm yesterday (April 4) to reports of a crash on the M25 clockwise, between Junction 11 and Junction 12, near Chertsey.

The incident involved a heavy goods vehicle, two vans and a car.

The driver of the car, a woman in her 70s, was taken to hospital where she died.

The driver’s next of kin have been informed.

The motorway remained partially closed for several hours yesterday afternoon.

Surrey Police is appealing to anyone who has further information or dashcam footage.

If you can help, contact Surrey Police quoting the reference PR/P22070020.

A spokesperson for Surrey Police said: “We are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision on the M25 this afternoon.

“Officers were called to the M25 clockwise, between Junction 11 and Junction 12 near Chertsey shortly before 2pm this afternoon (4 April) following reports of a serious collision.

“The collision involved a HGV, two vans and a car.

“The driver of the car, a woman in her 70s was taken to hospital where she sadly died. Her next of kin have been informed.

“The motorway remained partially closed for a number of hours.

“We are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision or have any further information or dashcam footage to contact us and assist us with this investigation.

“If you can help, please contact us quoting PR/P22070020 via: “Webchat using the chat button on the right hand side of the page

“Our online reporting tool https://www.surrey.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/

“Calling us on 101

“If you do not wish to leave your name, please call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”