Serious M25 crash in Runnymede on 6 November 2018 at 06:00 involving a Citroen C2
A Citroen C2, a car and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 06:00 on Tuesday 6 November 2018. The 40-year-old male driver of the Citroen C2 was seriously injured and a 54-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C2 and the 38-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Nov 2018
- Tuesday, 06:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen C2 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3868, longitude -0.5227, in the KT16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lyne. 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450801256
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 12 May 2014
9 m awayRef 2014450015363
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 22 February 1991
13 m awayRef 199145NA05052
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 14 December 2017
21 m awayRef 2017450249273
Serious
Audi A1 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 1 November 2019
25 m awayRef 2019450894377
Slight
Kawasaki ZX636 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 16 December 2013
28 m awayRef 2013450011553
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 26 May 1995
30 m awayRef 199545NM00070
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C2)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C2)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018450801256 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.