A30 crash in Runnymede on 1 May 2019 at 00:10 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A30 in Runnymede at 00:10 on Wednesday 1 May 2019. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2019
- Wednesday, 00:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42779, longitude -0.56386, in the TW20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Egham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Englefield Green East, Runnymede, TW20 0RQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019450835551
- Council area
- Runnymede
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 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 fatal crash on 28 November 1996.
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 28 November 1996
3 m awayRef 199645NA00573
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 5 December 1998
3 m awayRef 199845NA00523
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 24 August 2016
6 m awayRef 2016450099981
Slight
Hyundai Amica crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 26 March 2022
11 m awayRef 2022451157729
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 31 January 2014
16 m awayRef 2014450013244
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A30 in Runnymede, 14 February 2002
20 m awayRef 200245RS18419
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- 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 2019450835551 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.