A30 crash in Runnymede on 3 November 2008 at 08:20 involving a Vauxhall Omega
A Vauxhall Omega and a car were involved in a crash on the A30 in Runnymede at 08:20 on Monday 3 November 2008. The 54-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Omega, the 60-year-old male driver of the car and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Omega were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2008
- Monday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Omega and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40634, longitude -0.59645, in the GU25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Virginia Water. It is one of the crashes that make up the Virginia Water, Runnymede, GU25 4PY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200845RU31072
- 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
- 30
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 329
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 1984.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 28 September 1984
At the same spotRef 198445AD00340
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 12 April 2002
At the same spotRef 200245RS20655
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 9 July 1980
At the same spotRef 198045AD00195
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 8 February 1986
At the same spotRef 198645NC00066
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 14 July 2011
At the same spotRef 201145RU62497
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 24 January 1988
At the same spotRef 198845NC00035
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Omega)
- 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 200845RU31072 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.