M3 crash in Runnymede on 6 September 2014 at 11:01 involving a Ford Fiesta
Four vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and a Skoda Fabia, were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 11:01 on Saturday 6 September 2014. The 83-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 57-year-old female driver of the Skoda Fabia and the 26-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2014
- Saturday, 11:01
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40024, longitude -0.54321, in the KT16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe, Runnymede, KT16 0BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014450018409
- 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
- Dry
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1998.
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 12 March 1998
5 m awayRef 199845NM00041
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 13 March 2017
9 m awayRef 2017450169050
Slight
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 17 April 2025
16 m awayRef 2025451579136
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 31 July 2025
17 m awayRef 2025451624585
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 8 September 2024
29 m awayRef 2024451498348
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 4 January 1994
40 m awayRef 199445NM00004
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 67 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Fabia)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Micra)
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 2014450018409 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.