M25 crash in Runnymede on 15 October 2016 at 20:26 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Mercedes CLS Class were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 20:26 on Saturday 15 October 2016. The 54-year-old male driver of the Mercedes CLS Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 20:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Mercedes CLS Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.38816, longitude -0.52597, in the KT16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chertsey St Ann's, Runnymede, KT16 9AR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450117843
- 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
- 25
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with 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 26 June 2003.
Slight
Suzuki crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 26 June 2003
5 m awayRef 200345SR39270
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 2 May 2008
5 m awayRef 200845RU22317
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 25 October 2004
16 m awayRef 200445RU59870
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 14 September 2012
16 m awayRef 201245RU73911
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 85CF crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 28 December 2007
22 m awayRef 200745RU16140
Slight
Mercedes crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 29 October 2003
22 m awayRef 200345TV44527
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes CLS Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes CLS Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016450117843 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 2016.