M3 crash in Runnymede on 27 December 2011 at 12:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Mitsubishi Pajero and two cars were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 12:30 on Tuesday 27 December 2011. The 23-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2011
- Tuesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40085, longitude -0.53006, in the KT16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chertsey St Ann's, Runnymede, KT16 9NL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201145RU67046
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 27 November 2003.
Fatal
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 27 November 2003
10 m awayRef 200345RU45890
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 26 January 2007
10 m awayRef 200745RU99028
Fatal
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 11 May 2003
10 m awayRef 200345SR37144
Serious
Honda CB600 Hornet crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 21 August 2017
18 m awayRef 2017450214575
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 2 July 1991
32 m awayRef 199145NA05229
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 10 August 2006
36 m awayRef 200645RU89935
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Pajero
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 23 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201145RU67046 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.