A281 crash in Guildford on 30 September 2004 at 14:24 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A281 in Guildford at 14:24 on Thursday 30 September 2004. The 21-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 57-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Sep 2004
- Thursday, 14:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22239, longitude -0.56998, in the GU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shalford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Guildford, GU4 8BL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200445WA58720
- 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
- 281
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 1982.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A281 in Guildford, 11 September 1982
At the same spotRef 198245GD00328
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A281 in Guildford, 17 July 2003
At the same spotRef 200345RW39883
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A281 in Guildford, 19 August 2001
At the same spotRef 200145MW10240
Slight
Car crash on the A281 in Guildford, 8 April 1988
At the same spotRef 198845WG00137
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A281 in Guildford, 1 January 2004
At the same spotRef 200445GU46887
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A281 in Guildford, 1 April 2014
4 m awayRef 2014450014183
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 200445WA58720 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 2004.