Serious A317 crash in Runnymede on 20 December 2002 at 12:34 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and an MCW bus were involved in a crash on the A317 in Runnymede at 12:34 on Friday 20 December 2002. A 12-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 206 was seriously injured and a 12-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Dec 2002
- Friday, 12:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and MCW
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38511, longitude -0.50082, in the KT16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chertsey. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chertsey Riverside, Runnymede, KT16 8HD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200245SR31552
- Council area
- Runnymede
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 317
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A317 in Runnymede, 30 July 2012
At the same spotRef 201245RU72599
Slight
Proton Torch crash on the A317 in Runnymede, 31 March 1993
At the same spotRef 199345NA05096
Slight
Porsche Boxster crash on the A317 in Runnymede, 17 April 2017
13 m awayRef 2017450179331
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A317 in Runnymede, 8 November 2025
20 m awayRef 2025451665286
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A317 in Runnymede, 4 May 1993
22 m awayRef 199345NA00168
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A317 in Runnymede, 14 August 2016
30 m awayRef 2016450096173
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: MCW
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,045 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200245SR31552 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 2002.