M25 crash in Runnymede on 30 October 2016 at 17:49 involving a Mercedes R Class
A Mercedes R Class, a Volkswagen Golf and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 17:49 on Sunday 30 October 2016. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2016
- Sunday, 17:49
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes R Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39691, longitude -0.53513, 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
- 2016450122549
- 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, 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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 January 2020.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 6 January 2020
13 m awayRef 2020450916040
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 10 December 2005
16 m awayRef 200545RU78478
Slight
Suzuki Liana crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 25 March 2002
16 m awayRef 200245SR20318
Serious
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 10 February 1990
31 m awayRef 199045NC00067
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 31 October 2025
33 m awayRef 2025451662027
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 8 June 1990
35 m awayRef 199045NA05225
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes R Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Hyundai i10
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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes R Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes R Class)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Hyundai i10)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Hyundai i10)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016450122549 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.