M25 crash in Runnymede on 18 November 2016 at 08:04 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Yamaha XJR 1300 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 08:04 on Friday 18 November 2016. The 52-year-old female rider of the Yamaha XJR 1300 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 2016
- Friday, 08:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Yamaha XJR 1300
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40931, longitude -0.54067, in the TW20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe, Runnymede, TW20 8PS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450128939
- 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
- 40 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1995.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 26 April 1995
7 m awayRef 199545NM00059
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B388 in Runnymede, 19 February 2004
22 m awayRef 200445RU49493
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 6 August 2025
22 m awayRef 2025451625677
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 15 December 1993
27 m awayRef 199345NA00600
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 28 August 2018
30 m awayRef 2018450322216
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 11 February 2004
33 m awayRef 200445RU48992
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha XJR 1300
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XJR 1300)
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 2016450128939 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.