A3 crash in Guildford on 11 February 2013 at 21:04 involving a BMW X5
A BMW X5 and four cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 21:04 on Monday 11 February 2013. The 44-year-old female driver of vehicle 3, the 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 4 and a 28-year-old male passenger in the BMW X5 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2013
- Monday, 21:04
- Vehicles
- 5
- BMW X5 and 4 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31626, longitude -0.45597, in the KT11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Send & Lovelace, Guildford, GU23 6QS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450003717
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2006.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 27 April 2006
2 m awayRef 200645GU84653
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A3 in Guildford, 20 July 2000
2 m awayRef 200045WG00393
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A3 in Guildford, 5 October 2001
8 m awayRef 200145HA12383
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A3 in Guildford, 24 November 2009
9 m awayRef 200945GU46536
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 28 May 1985
14 m awayRef 198545NW00184
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A3 in Guildford, 18 April 2018
14 m awayRef 2018450288788
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,926 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 44 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW X5)
- 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 2013450003717 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 2013.