M3 crash in Runnymede on 8 March 2019 at 13:45 involving an Audi A4
Two Audi A4 cars and two cars were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 13:45 on Friday 8 March 2019. The 54-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, the 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 31-year-old male driver of vehicle 4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Mar 2019
- Friday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi A4 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40559, longitude -0.53945, in the TW20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe, Runnymede, KT16 0BE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019450821975
- 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
- Slip road
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 17 April 1984
9 m awayRef 198445AD00139
Slight
Chrysler PT Cruiser crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 20 June 2015
9 m awayRef 2015450025974
Slight
Car crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 12 February 1989
10 m awayRef 198945NA05053
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 20 July 2020
12 m awayRef 2020450965783
Serious
Hyundai Tucson crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 8 April 2025
15 m awayRef 2025451575531
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M25 in Runnymede, 30 September 1996
16 m awayRef 199645NM00113
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Audi A4
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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2019450821975 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.