A322 crash in Guildford on 16 October 2012 at 14:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Subaru Forester were involved in a crash on the A322 in Guildford at 14:45 on Tuesday 16 October 2012. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 73-year-old male driver of the Subaru Forester were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2012
- Tuesday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Subaru Forester
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27547, longitude -0.60891, in the GU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worplesdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201245GU74643
- 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
- 322
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 5 April 1995.
Slight
Car crash on the A322 in Guildford, 5 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199545WG00162
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A322 in Guildford, 29 November 2017
6 m awayRef 2017450246721
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A322 in Guildford, 30 November 2017
8 m awayRef 2017450246751
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A322 in Guildford, 29 December 1995
10 m awayRef 199545WG00731
Slight
Skoda Favorit crash on the A322 in Guildford, 24 August 1995
10 m awayRef 199545WG00448
Serious
Subaru Legacy crash on the A322 in Guildford, 2 March 2012
10 m awayRef 201245GU68847
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Subaru Forester
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Forester)
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 201245GU74643 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.