M3 crash in Runnymede on 3 September 2004 at 15:21 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 15:21 on Friday 3 September 2004. The 33-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta 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
- 3 Sep 2004
- Friday, 15:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38643, longitude -0.57852, in the GU25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Virginia Water, Runnymede, GU25 4JH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200445RU57620
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2000.
Slight
Toyota crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 20 October 2000
10 m awayRef 200045NM00181
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 13 September 2009
10 m awayRef 200945RU43456
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 17 July 2011
10 m awayRef 201145RU62671
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 28 July 1982
10 m awayRef 198245AD00231
Slight
Mini One crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 10 October 2008
10 m awayRef 200845RU29558
Serious
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 19 June 1983
14 m awayRef 198345AD00154
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200445RU57620 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 2004.