M25 crash in Runnymede on 9 December 2018 at 15:57 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane, a Mercedes Gla Class and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the M25 in Runnymede at 15:57 on Sunday 9 December 2018. The 42-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and the 54-year-old female driver of the Mercedes Gla Class were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2018
- Sunday, 15:57
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Megane and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39643, longitude -0.55387, in the GU25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South, Runnymede, GU25 4EA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450803198
- 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
- 50 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, no street lighting
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 6 March 1987
3 m awayRef 198745NC00074
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 29 December 1990
3 m awayRef 199045NC00592
Serious
Scania crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 7 February 2008
7 m awayRef 200845RU18007
Slight
Daewoo Nubira crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 27 October 2005
13 m awayRef 200545RU75597
Slight
Volvo crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 4 April 2023
14 m awayRef 2023451296043
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 24 March 2021
17 m awayRef 2021451030769
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Gla Class
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
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
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Gla Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2018450803198 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.