A331 crash in Guildford on 13 January 2007 at 17:15 involving a Vauxhall Frontera
A Vauxhall Frontera, a Toyota RAV4 and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A331 in Guildford at 17:15 on Saturday 13 January 2007. The 60-year-old male driver of the Toyota RAV4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2007
- Saturday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Frontera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24158, longitude -0.73686, in the GU12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Town, Rushmoor, GU12 4QE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200745WA97656
- 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
- 331
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 323
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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 2023.
Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the A323 in Guildford, 24 December 2023
6 m awayRef 2023451391987
Slight
MG MGF crash on the A331 in Guildford, 18 July 2001
10 m awayRef 200145TV13319
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the A331 in Guildford, 10 July 2009
10 m awayRef 200945GU40859
Slight
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the A331 in Guildford, 14 July 2002
10 m awayRef 200245RW24708
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A331 in Guildford, 5 July 1995
10 m awayRef 199545WG00347
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the A331 in Guildford, 17 May 2007
10 m awayRef 200745GU03957
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Frontera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,410 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota RAV4)
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 200745WA97656 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.