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Serious A321 crash in Guildford on 20 January 2003 at 16:23 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 and a Piaggio Zip motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A321 in Guildford at 16:23 on Monday 20 January 2003. The 36-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Zip motorcycle was seriously injured and the 57-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jan 2003
Monday, 16:23
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and Piaggio Zip
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25354, longitude -0.71203, in the GU12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ash Wharf, Guildford, GU12 6SB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200345RW33133
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
321
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,761 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio Zip

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio Zip)

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 200345RW33133 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.