M25 crash in Runnymede on 1 August 2006 at 02:22 involving a Citroen C5
A Citroen C5 and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 02:22 on Tuesday 1 August 2006. The 23-year-old male driver of the Citroen C5, the 57-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Tucson and a 42-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai Tucson were 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
- 1 Aug 2006
- Tuesday, 02:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C5 and Hyundai Tucson
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37351, longitude -0.50867, in the KT15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Addlestone North, Runnymede, KT15 1QT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200645RU89940
- 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
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 30 June 1989
10 m awayRef 198945NA05340
Slight
Volvo crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 29 November 1993
10 m awayRef 199345NA00555
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 16 September 1989
10 m awayRef 198945NA05431
Slight
Citroen C8 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 27 October 2012
10 m awayRef 201245RU75016
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 28 September 1990
10 m awayRef 199045NA05377
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 25 June 1986
10 m awayRef 198645NA00231
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C5)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Tucson)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Tucson)
- 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 200645RU89940 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 2006.