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A3 crash in Guildford on 21 February 2001 at 17:37 involving a Vauxhall Senator

A Vauxhall Senator and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 17:37 on Wednesday 21 February 2001. The 61-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Senator was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Feb 2001
Wednesday, 17:37
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Senator and Citroen ZX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2175, longitude -0.64244, in the GU3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shalford, Guildford, GU3 1DW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001450002139
Council area
Guildford
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Senator

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Senator)

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 2001450002139 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 2001.