A3 crash in Guildford on 27 December 2007 at 20:55 involving a Fiat Punto
Five vehicles, including a Fiat Punto and a car, were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 20:55 on Thursday 27 December 2007. The 26-year-old male driver of the car, the 38-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 and the 43-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2007
- Thursday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 5
- Fiat Punto and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.29243, longitude -0.48978, in the GU23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Send & Lovelace, Guildford, GU23 6NY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200745GU15922
- 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
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
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 slight injury crash on 30 May 1994.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 30 May 1994
At the same spotRef 199445WG00336
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A3 in Guildford, 21 April 2009
At the same spotRef 200945GU37830
Serious
Hyundai Ioniq crash on the A3 in Guildford, 26 June 2024
4 m awayRef 2024451460595
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A3 in Guildford, 5 August 2007
10 m awayRef 200745GU08856
Serious
Ford New Holland crash on the A3 in Guildford, 18 July 1996
14 m awayRef 199645WG00384
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 11 July 1982
36 m awayRef 198245CD00223
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A4)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200745GU15922 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 2007.