A318 crash in Runnymede on 29 August 2003 at 17:15 involving a Mercedes 200
A car, a Mercedes 200 and a Honda Concerto were involved in a crash on the A318 in Runnymede at 17:15 on Friday 29 August 2003. The 25-year-old male driver of the car and the 51-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 200 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Aug 2003
- Friday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes 200 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37871, longitude -0.49298, in the KT15 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200345SR41813
- 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
- 318
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 2008.
Serious
Nissan Primastar crash on the A318 in Runnymede, 26 March 2008
At the same spotRef 200845RU20089
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A318 in Runnymede, 1 November 2021
5 m awayRef 2021451104998
Serious
Car crash on the A318 in Runnymede, 21 August 1998
10 m awayRef 199845NA00352
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A318 in Runnymede, 11 June 1997
10 m awayRef 199745NA00258
Slight
Van crash on the A318 in Runnymede, 17 December 1992
10 m awayRef 199245NA05498
Slight
Volvo V50 crash on the A318 in Runnymede, 25 April 2013
15 m awayRef 2013450005666
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 3: Honda Concerto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)
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 200345SR41813 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.