M25 crash in Runnymede on 7 December 2005 at 06:44 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Ford were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 06:44 on Wednesday 7 December 2005. The 37-year-old male driver of the Ford was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2005
- Wednesday, 06:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35177, longitude -0.48927, in the KT15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Byfleet, New Haw and West Byfleet. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Haw, Runnymede, KT15 3DQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200545RU77974
- 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
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 2007.
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Renault Master crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 20 November 2005
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,021 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,679 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)
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 200545RU77974 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 2005.