A3 crash in Guildford on 8 June 2011 at 05:57 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 05:57 on Wednesday 8 June 2011. The 52-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo 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
- 8 Jun 2011
- Wednesday, 05:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26522, longitude -0.54242, in the GU4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201145GU61613
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 12 February 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 12 February 1983
10 m awayRef 198345GD00064
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A3 in Guildford, 25 August 2021
12 m awayRef 2021451080760
Fatal
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 9 April 2003
28 m awayRef 200345RW36001
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A3 in Guildford, 9 October 2011
28 m awayRef 201145GU64688
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3 in Guildford, 8 July 2017
48 m awayRef 2017450205632
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A3 in Guildford, 16 February 2001
60 m awayRef 2001450001884
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 201145GU61613 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.