B2234 crash in Guildford on 16 October 2013 at 18:10 involving a Triumph Street Triple motorcycle
A Triumph Street Triple motorcycle and a Smart Fortwo were involved in a crash on the B2234 in Guildford at 18:10 on Wednesday 16 October 2013. The 49-year-old male rider of the Triumph Street Triple motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2013
- Wednesday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph Street Triple and Smart Fortwo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25718, longitude -0.53836, in the GU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013450009898
- Council area
- Guildford
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 2234
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2024.
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the B2234 in Guildford, 31 August 2024
36 m awayRef 2024451485887
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Guildford, 2 May 1982
49 m awayRef 198245GD00138
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B2234 in Guildford, 8 November 1996
51 m awayRef 199645WG00639
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Guildford, 28 June 1979
52 m awayRef 197945GD00213
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Guildford, 24 September 1989
56 m awayRef 198945WG00384
Serious
Car crash on the B2234 in Guildford, 5 November 1987
69 m awayRef 198745WG00415
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Street Triple
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 675 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Smart Fortwo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Street Triple)
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 2013450009898 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.