A3 crash in Guildford on 24 May 2013 at 16:18 involving an Iveco Daily van
Four vehicles, including an Iveco Daily van and a Mercedes C Class, were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 16:18 on Friday 24 May 2013. The 36-year-old male driver of the Iveco Daily van, the 54-year-old female driver of the Mercedes C Class and the 46-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 307 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 2013
- Friday, 16:18
- Vehicles
- 4
- Iveco Daily and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31269, longitude -0.46452, in the GU23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Send & Lovelace, Guildford, GU23 6QB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450006235
- 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
- Raining, 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 2012.
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 4 July 2012
4 m awayRef 201245GU71873
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3 in Guildford, 26 December 2021
4 m awayRef 2021451126355
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A3 in Guildford, 15 May 2023
5 m awayRef 2023451307913
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A3 in Guildford, 30 April 2019
8 m awayRef 2019450835531
Slight
Porsche Cayenne crash on the A3 in Guildford, 21 April 2013
8 m awayRef 2013450005588
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A3 in Guildford, 31 May 2023
9 m awayRef 2023451313713
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Iveco Daily
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
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
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 307
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
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Iveco Daily)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 307)
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 2013450006235 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.