A3 crash in Guildford on 13 January 2014 at 21:25 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a Toyota MR2 were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 21:25 on Monday 13 January 2014. The 36-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jan 2014
- Monday, 21:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and Toyota MR2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30714, longitude -0.47662, 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
- 2014450012487
- 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
- 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, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 February 2018.
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A3 in Guildford, 15 February 2018
17 m awayRef 2018450268609
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A3 in Guildford, 16 December 2020
19 m awayRef 2020451007423
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A3 in Guildford, 8 December 2023
27 m awayRef 2023451384376
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A3 in Guildford, 14 November 2014
31 m awayRef 2014450019752
Slight
Peugeot Boxer crash on the A3 in Guildford, 5 October 2021
36 m awayRef 2021451095186
Slight
Porsche Boxster crash on the A3 in Guildford, 19 April 2012
37 m awayRef 201245GU69928
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota MR2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
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 2014450012487 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 2014.