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A320 crash in Guildford on 26 September 1998 at 14:20 involving a Fiat Uno

A car and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on the A320 in Guildford at 14:20 on Saturday 26 September 1998. A 66-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Uno and a 32-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 1998
Saturday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Car and Fiat Uno
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2711, longitude -0.57694, in the GU4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199845WG00565
Council area
Guildford
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
320
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 April 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199845WG00565 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 1998.