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Serious A317 crash in Runnymede on 5 May 1991 at 19:06 involving a Fiat 127 van

A Fiat 127 van and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A317 in Runnymede at 19:06 on Sunday 5 May 1991. A 27-year-old male passenger in the Fiat 127 van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 May 1991
Sunday, 19:06
Vehicles
2
Fiat 127 and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3756, longitude -0.50574, in the KT15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199145NA05135
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
317
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 127

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,049 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 127)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199145NA05135 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 1991.