Serious A323 crash in Guildford on 26 February 2013 at 13:03 involving a Lexus IS200
A Lexus IS200, a Ford Transit Connect van and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A323 in Guildford at 13:03 on Tuesday 26 February 2013. The 62-year-old male driver of the Lexus IS200 was seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van and the 32-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Feb 2013
- Tuesday, 13:03
- Vehicles
- 3
- Lexus IS200 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2569, longitude -0.66567, in the GU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Normandy.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450004276
- 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
- 323
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 1991.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A323 in Guildford, 19 November 1991
12 m awayRef 199145WF00323
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A323 in Guildford, 6 October 2019
21 m awayRef 2019450885355
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A323 in Guildford, 9 November 1979
28 m awayRef 197945FD00246
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A323 in Guildford, 11 October 1999
49 m awayRef 199945WG00580
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A323 in Guildford, 13 September 1996
53 m awayRef 199645WG00503
Slight
Car crash on the A323 in Guildford, 14 September 1987
65 m awayRef 198745WF00226
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Lexus IS200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lexus IS200)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Connect)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Micra)
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 2013450004276 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.