A3 crash in Guildford on 8 February 2012 at 07:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 07:00 on Wednesday 8 February 2012. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 40-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series were 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 Feb 2012
- Wednesday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26449, longitude -0.54861, in the GU4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201245GU68146
- 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
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, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 September 1987.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A3 in Guildford, 18 September 1987
20 m awayRef 198745WG00336
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the A3 in Guildford, 4 November 2025
22 m awayRef 2025451663231
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 3 September 2000
22 m awayRef 200045WG00471
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3 in Guildford, 28 October 1995
22 m awayRef 199545WG00586
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A3 in Guildford, 13 April 2001
32 m awayRef 200145MW04488
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A3 in Guildford, 5 July 2007
32 m awayRef 200745GU06941
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
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 201245GU68146 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 2012.