A3 crash in Guildford on 25 October 2011 at 21:31 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Hyundai Elantra were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 21:31 on Tuesday 25 October 2011. The 28-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Elantra and a 37-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Elantra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2011
- Tuesday, 21:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Hyundai Elantra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24286, longitude -0.59671, in the GU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westborough, Guildford, GU2 8DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201145GU65207
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 3
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2005.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A3 in Guildford, 27 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200545GU77139
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3 in Guildford, 15 July 1992
At the same spotRef 199245WG00256
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A3 in Guildford, 2 December 2001
At the same spotRef 200145MW15097
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3 in Guildford, 15 November 2014
6 m awayRef 2014450020311
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A3 in Guildford, 27 October 2014
9 m awayRef 2014450019141
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3 in Guildford, 17 July 2011
10 m awayRef 201145GU62598
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Elantra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Elantra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Elantra)
- 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 201145GU65207 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.