A320 crash in Runnymede on 13 May 2008 at 17:45 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia, a Ford Focus and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A320 in Runnymede at 17:45 on Tuesday 13 May 2008. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus and the 63-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2008
- Tuesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Skoda Octavia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.34748, longitude -0.54096, in the KT16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Horsell, Woking, GU21 4YH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200845RU22646
- 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
- 320
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2015.
Slight
Scania crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 5 October 2015
11 m awayRef 2015450030069
Slight
Mercedes S Class crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 11 September 2018
14 m awayRef 2018450326205
Slight
Van crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 20 December 2005
14 m awayRef 200545RU78568
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 12 August 2016
14 m awayRef 2016450096906
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 19 July 1998
22 m awayRef 199845NA00297
Serious
Mini One crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 27 April 2021
25 m awayRef 2021451043428
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
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 200845RU22646 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 2008.