Serious unclassified road crash in Runnymede TW20 on 26 May 2000 at 07:10 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Mercedes Sprinter minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Runnymede at 07:10 on Friday 26 May 2000. A 30-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes Sprinter minibus was seriously injured and the 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes Sprinter minibus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 May 2000
- Friday, 07:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Mercedes Sprinter
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42142, longitude -0.55673, in the TW20 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200045NS00276
- Council area
- Runnymede
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1991.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on an unclassified road in Runnymede, 22 November 1991
10 m awayRef 199145NC00439
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Runnymede, 29 June 1998
14 m awayRef 199845NA00278
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Runnymede, 10 December 1983
22 m awayRef 198345AD00388
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Runnymede, 29 July 1984
22 m awayRef 198445AD00269
Fatal
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Runnymede, 17 May 2022
24 m awayRef 2022451178368
Fatal
Car crash on an unclassified road in Runnymede, 17 October 1979
28 m awayRef 197945AD00309
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,874 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 30, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 200045NS00276 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.