A320 crash in Runnymede on 4 June 2008 at 09:45 involving a Mercedes E Class
Four vehicles, including a Mercedes E Class and a BMW 3 Series, were involved in a crash on the A320 in Runnymede at 09:45 on Wednesday 4 June 2008. The 53-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 38-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jun 2008
- Wednesday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Mercedes E Class and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36233, longitude -0.53431, in the KT16 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 Ottershaw, Runnymede, KT16 0HW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200845RU23480
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 29 October 2003.
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 29 October 2003
10 m awayRef 200345RS44457
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 18 October 1996
14 m awayRef 199645NA00504
Slight
Car crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 23 June 1992
32 m awayRef 199245NA05239
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 18 March 2011
36 m awayRef 201145RU59241
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 6 January 1992
36 m awayRef 199245NA05008
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A320 in Runnymede, 31 March 1988
36 m awayRef 198845NA00126
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 4: Isuzu Trucks NQR
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,193 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 200845RU23480 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.