A281 crash in Guildford on 28 January 2008 at 18:07 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 hit a pedestrian on the A281 in Guildford at 18:07 on Monday 28 January 2008. The 56-year-old male driver and a 26-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jan 2008
- Monday, 18:07
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2141, longitude -0.56795, in the GU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shalford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8DQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200845GU17582
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A281 in Guildford, 26 November 1982
10 m awayRef 198245GD00360
Slight
Car crash on the A281 in Guildford, 30 May 2018
11 m awayRef 2018450301722
Serious
Car crash on the A281 in Guildford, 12 March 1985
14 m awayRef 198545WO00077
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A281 in Guildford, 20 September 2019
17 m awayRef 2019450879683
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A281 in Guildford, 12 March 2013
18 m awayRef 2013450004444
Slight
Morris Mini crash on the A281 in Guildford, 1 March 1993
22 m awayRef 199345WG00098
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing in zig-zag exit lines
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200845GU17582 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 2008.