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A321 crash in Guildford on 22 January 1990 at 18:20 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry, a car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A321 in Guildford at 18:20 on Monday 22 January 1990. The 45-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 1990
Monday, 18:20
Vehicles
3
Mercedes and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27928, longitude -0.72508, in the GU12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ash and Ash Vale.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199045WF00022
Council area
Guildford
Police force
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
321
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
3012

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    14,620 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,460 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199045WF00022 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Guildford road accident statistics for 1990.