M3 crash in Runnymede on 15 December 2012 at 12:05 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 12:05 on Saturday 15 December 2012. The 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and the 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3968, longitude -0.55309, 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
- 2012450001958
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2013.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 27 October 2013
4 m awayRef 2013450010211
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 18 December 1992
4 m awayRef 199245NC00514
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 21 September 1988
4 m awayRef 198845NC00407
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 27 August 1999
4 m awayRef 199945NM00139
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 26 September 2009
4 m awayRef 200945RU43991
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 23 October 1992
8 m awayRef 199245NC00429
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2012450001958 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 2012.