A3 crash in Guildford on 8 May 2013 at 07:41 involving a Fiat Doblo
A Fiat Doblo, a Ford Transit van and a van were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 07:41 on Wednesday 8 May 2013. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2013
- Wednesday, 07:41
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Doblo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.20184, longitude -0.64846, in the GU8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pilgrims, Guildford, GU7 2FD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450005874
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 1996.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A3 in Guildford, 19 December 1996
2 m awayRef 199645WG00755
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A3 in Guildford, 13 August 2008
12 m awayRef 200845WA26997
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the A3 in Guildford, 8 May 2018
20 m awayRef 2018450290820
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A3 in Guildford, 8 December 2020
23 m awayRef 2020451005291
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 12 January 1983
24 m awayRef 198345FG00032
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A3 in Guildford, 25 November 2012
24 m awayRef 2012450001035
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Doblo
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2013450005874 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.