M3 crash in Runnymede on 21 February 2011 at 06:32 involving a Rover 200 Series
Four vehicles, including a Rover 200 Series and a Volkswagen Polo, were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 06:32 on Monday 21 February 2011. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2011
- Monday, 06:32
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover 200 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39656, longitude -0.55363, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201145RU58680
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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 22 June 1997.
Slight
Proton Persona Compact crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 22 June 1997
At the same spotRef 199745NM00055
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 5 January 2014
3 m awayRef 2014450011881
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 22 December 2016
6 m awayRef 2016450143225
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 24 December 2013
7 m awayRef 2013450012046
Slight
Kia Carens crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 23 December 2018
9 m awayRef 2018450804757
Slight
Daewoo Nubira crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 27 October 2005
14 m awayRef 200545RU75597
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: BMW M3
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,246 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Fiesta
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW M3)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW M3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 201145RU58680 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 2011.