M3 crash in Runnymede on 29 October 2018 at 11:50 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van, a Renault Clio and a Skoda Rapid were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 11:50 on Monday 29 October 2018. A 21-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio was 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
- 29 Oct 2018
- Monday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes Sprinter and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3911, longitude -0.56534, in the GU25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Virginia Water, Runnymede, GU25 4JH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450800766
- 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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2018.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 25 August 2018
15 m awayRef 2018450323097
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 1 June 2025
18 m awayRef 2025451597218
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 27 May 1985
20 m awayRef 198545NC00207
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 22 January 2023
26 m awayRef 2023451266519
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 30 June 1984
27 m awayRef 198445AD00231
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 19 September 1987
27 m awayRef 198745NC00409
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Skoda Rapid
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2018450800766 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 2018.