A30 crash in Runnymede on 31 January 2014 at 22:46 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A30 in Runnymede at 22:46 on Friday 31 January 2014. The 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jan 2014
- Friday, 22:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42781, longitude -0.56366, in the TW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Egham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Englefield Green East, Runnymede, TW20 0RQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014450013244
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2016.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 24 August 2016
11 m awayRef 2016450099981
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 21 September 2020
13 m awayRef 2020450982999
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 1 May 2019
16 m awayRef 2019450835551
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 28 November 1996
18 m awayRef 199645NA00573
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 5 December 1998
18 m awayRef 199845NA00523
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 3 November 2005
18 m awayRef 200545RU75749
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2014450013244 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 2014.