A323 crash in Guildford on 31 August 2003 at 13:30 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo, a Volkswagen Polo and a Peugeot 406 taxi were involved in a crash on the A323 in Guildford at 13:30 on Sunday 31 August 2003. The 19-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2003
- Sunday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Saxo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25411, longitude -0.60482, in the GU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoughton South, Guildford, GU2 9SQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200345RW41777
- 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
- 323
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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 14 March 2016.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A323 in Guildford, 14 March 2016
5 m awayRef 2016450051899
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A323 in Guildford, 28 May 2012
10 m awayRef 201245GU70959
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A323 in Guildford, 21 December 2017
10 m awayRef 2017450254993
Slight
Audi Coupe crash on the A323 in Guildford, 12 July 1996
22 m awayRef 199645WG00366
Slight
Ford Tourneo crash on the A323 in Guildford, 18 November 2025
26 m awayRef 2025451670882
Slight
Talbot Horizon crash on the A323 in Guildford, 7 February 1991
28 m awayRef 199145WG00049
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 406
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
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 200345RW41777 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.