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Serious M25 crash in Runnymede on 1 June 2001 at 14:44 involving a Volvo 460

Six vehicles, including three cars and a Volvo 460, were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 14:44 on Friday 1 June 2001. The 31-year-old male driver of the Volvo 460 was seriously injured and the 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 38-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 460 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jun 2001
Friday, 14:44
Vehicles
6
Volvo 460 and 5 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41366, longitude -0.54043, in the TW20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe, Runnymede, TW20 8LH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200145MN06896
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
25
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (6)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    3,960 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 460

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 5: MG MGF

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 6: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 460)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 460)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 200145MN06896 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 2001.