M3 crash in Runnymede on 23 June 2003 at 15:30 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 15:30 on Monday 23 June 2003. A 32-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 206 and the 35-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 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
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jun 2003
- Monday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and Vauxhall Combo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39778, longitude -0.55071, in the GU25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Virginia Water. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South, Runnymede, GU25 4EA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200345RU39098
- 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2015.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 28 November 2015
8 m awayRef 2015450034292
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 16 December 2013
9 m awayRef 2013450011615
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 2 July 2010
10 m awayRef 201045RU52326
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 18 January 2007
10 m awayRef 200745SP98244
Slight
Honda VFR750F crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 24 August 1996
10 m awayRef 199645NM00095
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 31 August 1998
10 m awayRef 199845NM00142
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
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 200345RU39098 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 2003.