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Serious B386 crash in Runnymede on 17 July 1998 at 08:12 involving a Smiths van

A Smiths van and a Lotus Elise were involved in a crash on the B386 in Runnymede at 08:12 on Friday 17 July 1998. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Smiths van was seriously injured and the 64-year-old male driver of the Smiths van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jul 1998
Friday, 08:12
Vehicles
2
Smiths and Lotus Elise
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37793, longitude -0.58455, in the KT16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845NA00292
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Smiths

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lotus Elise

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smiths)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Smiths)

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 199845NA00292 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 1998.