A30 crash in Runnymede on 30 July 2012 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A30 in Runnymede at 17:00 on Monday 30 July 2012. The 55-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2012
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43182, longitude -0.5541, in the TW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Egham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Egham Town, Runnymede, TW20 9LW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201245RU72660
- Council area
- Runnymede
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3407
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
- 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 29 September 2010.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 29 September 2010
At the same spotRef 201045RU54215
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 5 February 1997
At the same spotRef 199745NA00063
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 9 June 2004
At the same spotRef 200445RU53995
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 13 August 1997
At the same spotRef 199745NA00345
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 22 October 2010
At the same spotRef 201045SP54818
Serious
Minibus crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 11 March 1986
At the same spotRef 198645NC00111
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 201245RU72660 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.