M3 crash in Runnymede on 15 July 2021 at 18:00 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Skoda Kodiaq were involved in a crash on the M3 in Runnymede at 18:00 on Thursday 15 July 2021. The 31-year-old male driver of the Skoda Kodiaq was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2021
- Thursday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Skoda Kodiaq
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39772, longitude -0.55119, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021451067013
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 2021.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 21 July 2021
10 m awayRef 2021451069074
Slight
Scania crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 20 April 2023
16 m awayRef 2023451299112
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 21 November 1985
19 m awayRef 198545NC00517
Slight
Car crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 2 August 1987
19 m awayRef 198745NC00327
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 11 December 2022
20 m awayRef 2022451252377
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the M3 in Runnymede, 1 December 2005
21 m awayRef 200545RU77463
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Kodiaq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Kodiaq)
- 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 2021451067013 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 2021.