A322 crash in Guildford on 12 April 2013 at 16:10 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Volkswagen were involved in a crash on the A322 in Guildford at 16:10 on Friday 12 April 2013. The 74-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Apr 2013
- Friday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Volkswagen
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27568, longitude -0.60886, 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
- 2013450005198
- 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
- T or staggered 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A322 in Guildford, 6 November 2012
1 m awayRef 2012450000232
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A322 in Guildford, 5 June 2013
1 m awayRef 2013450006764
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A322 in Guildford, 3 March 2014
1 m awayRef 2014450013398
Slight
Toyota BZ4X crash on the A322 in Guildford, 11 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025451681739
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A322 in Guildford, 17 February 2002
4 m awayRef 200245RW18670
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A322 in Guildford, 28 March 1992
4 m awayRef 199245WG00119
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen)
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 2013450005198 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.