M25 crash in Runnymede on 13 May 2008 at 20:42 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 20:42 on Tuesday 13 May 2008. The 26-year-old male driver of the Audi A4, the 36-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and a 50-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 May 2008
- Tuesday, 20:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.35751, longitude -0.49454, in the KT15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the New Haw, Runnymede, KT15 3DQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200845RU22723
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2005.
Slight
Volvo crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 23 July 2005
At the same spotRef 200545RU71345
Slight
HGV crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 11 April 2006
At the same spotRef 200645RU84332
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 28 February 2008
10 m awayRef 200845RU19459
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 16 April 1987
10 m awayRef 198745NA00148
Serious
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11 m awayRef 2025451685469
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 23 June 2021
19 m awayRef 2021451059255
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
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
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- 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 200845RU22723 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.