A3012 crash in Guildford on 9 December 2009 at 08:20 involving an Alfa Romeo 159
An Alfa Romeo 159, a Ford Focus and a car were involved in a crash on the A3012 in Guildford at 08:20 on Wednesday 9 December 2009. The 37-year-old male driver of the Alfa Romeo 159, the 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were 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
- 9 Dec 2009
- Wednesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Alfa Romeo 159 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27737, longitude -0.72871, in the GU12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ash and Ash Vale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mytchett & Deepcut, Surrey Heath, GU16 6AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200945GU47123
- 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
- 3012
- 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
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 29 March 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A3012 in Guildford, 29 March 1982
10 m awayRef 198245FD00052
Serious
Car crash on the A3012 in Guildford, 10 September 1988
10 m awayRef 198845WF00270
Serious
Van crash on the A3012 in Guildford, 7 April 1984
14 m awayRef 198445FD00086
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B3165 in Guildford, 7 July 2010
32 m awayRef 201045GU52239
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3165 in Guildford, 29 February 2020
46 m awayRef 2020450935437
Slight
Mazda RX7 crash on the A3012 in Guildford, 17 October 1999
85 m awayRef 199945WG00594
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 159
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 159)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200945GU47123 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 2009.