M3 crash in Runnymede on 3 November 2000 at 16:05 involving a Ford Mondeo taxi
A car, a Ford Mondeo taxi and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 16:05 on Friday 3 November 2000. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2000
- Friday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Mondeo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38627, longitude -0.57968, in the GU25 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200045NM00157
- Council area
- Runnymede
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 2016.
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 28 March 2016
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Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 4 December 2006
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Serious
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 9 October 1998
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Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 25 January 1995
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Jaguar Sovereign crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 1 May 2003
20 m awayRef 200345SR36948
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 20 January 1999
22 m awayRef 199945NM00007
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 200045NM00157 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 2000.