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A30 crash in Runnymede on 8 December 1991 at 23:50 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on the A30 in Runnymede at 23:50 on Sunday 8 December 1991. A 20-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1991
Sunday, 23:50
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42584, longitude -0.5684, in the TW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Egham.

Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199145NC00471
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199145NC00471 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.