A3 crash in Guildford on 14 June 2011 at 06:45 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 06:45 on Tuesday 14 June 2011. The 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jun 2011
- Tuesday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Ford Transit Connect
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31566, longitude -0.45731, in the GU23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Send & Lovelace, Guildford, GU23 6QS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201145GU61442
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A3 in Guildford, 8 February 2001
At the same spotRef 2001450001560
Slight
Volvo 345 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 3 November 1997
At the same spotRef 199745WG00680
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A3 in Guildford, 12 July 2025
12 m awayRef 2025451615285
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A3 in Guildford, 18 July 2011
14 m awayRef 201145GU62590
Serious
Citroen C1 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 1 February 2024
20 m awayRef 2024451405084
Serious
Iveco crash on the A3 in Guildford, 10 October 2009
22 m awayRef 200945GU44840
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Connect)
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 201145GU61442 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 2011.