M3 crash in Runnymede on 16 February 2019 at 11:07 involving an Audi A5
An Audi A5 and a Volvo XC90 were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 11:07 on Saturday 16 February 2019. A 43-year-old female passenger in the Volvo XC90, the 44-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC90 and the 47-year-old male driver of the Audi A5 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2019
- Saturday, 11:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A5 and Volvo XC90
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40013, longitude -0.54389, in the KT16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe, Runnymede, KT16 0BE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019450816428
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 1992.
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 13 August 1992
10 m awayRef 199245NA05289
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 23 June 1988
12 m awayRef 198845NC00259
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 4 January 1994
13 m awayRef 199445NM00004
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 1 September 2011
13 m awayRef 201145RU63978
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the M3 in Surrey Heath, 4 January 1994
13 m awayRef 199445NM00003
Slight
Peugeot 5008 crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 25 August 2025
14 m awayRef 2025451633165
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,698 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC90)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC90)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A5)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019450816428 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 2019.