A246 crash in Guildford on 15 May 2003 at 14:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2003
- Thursday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Hyundai Santa Fe
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23953, longitude -0.57374, in the GU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke, Guildford, GU1 4PT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200345GU37205
- 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
- 246
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2018.
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A246 in Guildford, 18 January 2018
5 m awayRef 2018450259980
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A246 in Guildford, 26 December 2018
13 m awayRef 2018450804998
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A246 in Guildford, 5 June 2025
25 m awayRef 2025451599056
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A246 in Guildford, 1 June 2020
31 m awayRef 2020450958585
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Guildford, 10 May 1993
40 m awayRef 199345WG00272
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Guildford, 12 November 1986
50 m awayRef 198645WG00396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Santa Fe
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,351 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200345GU37205 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 2003.