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A30 crash in Runnymede on 20 February 1997 at 07:25 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A30 in Runnymede at 07:25 on Thursday 20 February 1997. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 1997
Thursday, 07:25
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 190 and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44477, longitude -0.52823, in the TW19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199745NA00071
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
25

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 199745NA00071 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 1997.