M3 crash in Runnymede on 19 May 2009 at 10:38 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Five vehicles, including a car and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 10:38 on Tuesday 19 May 2009. The 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 36-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2009
- Tuesday, 10:38
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Astra and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39813, longitude -0.54941, in the GU25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe, Runnymede, KT16 0BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200945RU39005
- 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
- 3
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2010.
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Skoda Fabia crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 25 August 2010
At the same spotRef 201045SU53666
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Renault 25 crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 21 March 1998
At the same spotRef 199845NM00049
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Rover 800 Series crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 17 October 1995
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Jaguar X Type crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 24 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200945RU45280
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 24 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200745RU16154
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Renault Kangoo crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 3 June 2010
At the same spotRef 201045SU51604
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series
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
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fusion
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 5: Suzuki Supercarry
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 5 Series)
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 200945RU39005 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 2009.