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A3 crash in Guildford on 23 May 2003 at 13:35 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 13:35 on Friday 23 May 2003. The 76-year-old male driver of the car and a male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 May 2003
Friday, 13:35
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32179, longitude -0.4515, in the GU23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 1EH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345GU37652
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
One way street or slip road
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
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
3

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    10,308 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200345GU37652 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.