A taxi driver has been fined for filming an M25 crash on their phone while driving past a police officer.

The private hire vehicle was seen getting footage of a Saturday afternoon (June 29) crash on the anticlockwise carriageway between Junction 12 ( M3 ) and Junction 11 ( Chertsey ).

In a tweet, the Surrey Police Roads Policing Unit said the driver was "more interested in filming" than looking at the road and as a result had failed to notice the officer standing nearby.

A photo shows the light blue Toyota on the hard shoulder next to the crash, with emergency services visible in the background.

The tweet read: "The driver of this car was more interested in filming the RTC on their phone than looking at the road ahead.

"They also failed to notice the @HighwaysEngland officer trying to stop the traffic with the police officer stood next to him. The driver will receive points and a fine."

Emergency services attended the crash that closed two lanes, with a separate tweet from police suggesting that a person had been injured.

The cabbie, who had no paying customers on board at the time, was handed a fine and given points on their licence for the costly offence.

Officers said in a follow up tweet that they "will be notifying the licensing authority" of the incident.