A3 crash in Guildford on 4 July 2003 at 18:00 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 18:00 on Friday 4 July 2003. The 48-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2003
- Friday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25498, longitude -0.55808, 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
- 200345RW39410
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2014.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A3 in Guildford, 29 December 2014
14 m awayRef 2014450020766
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A3 in Guildford, 15 November 2017
16 m awayRef 2017450243663
Slight
Yamaha YP 250 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 22 July 2002
20 m awayRef 200245RW25004
Serious
Ford B-Max crash on the A3 in Guildford, 13 January 2022
24 m awayRef 2022451132514
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A3 in Guildford, 5 February 2012
50 m awayRef 201245GU68093
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Guildford, 14 February 1989
67 m awayRef 198945WG00061
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
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 200345RW39410 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.