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A248 crash in Guildford on 28 October 2012 at 17:15 involving a Hyundai Santa Fe

A Hyundai Santa Fe and a Ford Scorpio were involved in a crash on the A248 in Guildford at 17:15 on Sunday 28 October 2012. The 48-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Santa Fe, the 54-year-old female driver of the Ford Scorpio and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Hyundai Santa Fe were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2012
Sunday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Santa Fe and Ford Scorpio
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22125, longitude -0.48638, in the GU5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tillingbourne, Guildford, GU5 9BW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201245GU75111
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
248
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Santa Fe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    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
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Scorpio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,935 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Santa Fe)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Scorpio)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Santa Fe)

    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 201245GU75111 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.