A308 crash in Runnymede on 21 May 2017 at 10:30 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A308 in Runnymede at 10:30 on Sunday 21 May 2017. The 32-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2017
- Sunday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Harley-Davidson XL 883
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43587, longitude -0.539, in the TW20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury, Windsor and Maidenhead, TW19 6HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450191305
- 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
- 308
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 30
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 24 May 1982
11 m awayRef 198245AD00147
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 18 February 1995
11 m awayRef 199545NA00074
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 17 August 1995
12 m awayRef 199545NA00363
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 2 August 1980
12 m awayRef 198045AD00216
Slight
Porsche Boxster crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 13 May 2003
12 m awayRef 200345RS37168
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 31 October 2025
13 m awayRef 2025451661491
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson XL 883
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 883 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson XL 883)
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 2017450191305 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 2017.