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Serious A331 crash in Guildford on 26 December 2011 at 12:23 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle crashed on the A331 in Guildford at 12:23 on Monday 26 December 2011. The 50-year-old male rider and a 55-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 2011
Monday, 12:23
Vehicles
1
Honda
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22984, longitude -0.74005, in the GU10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pilgrims, Guildford, GU10 1GD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201145GU67089
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
331
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 201145GU67089 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.