M3 crash in Runnymede on 21 August 2009 at 18:21 involving a Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle
A Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 18:21 on Friday 21 August 2009. The 27-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600 Hornet motorcycle, a 46-year-old female passenger in the Mini One and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Mini One 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
- 21 Aug 2009
- Friday, 18:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CB600 Hornet and Mini One
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39488, longitude -0.55627, in the GU25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South, Runnymede, GU25 4EA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200945RU42670
- 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 15 May 2010.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CB600 Hornet
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CB600 Hornet)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200945RU42670 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.