A3 crash in Guildford on 19 July 2014 at 09:11 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 09:11 on Saturday 19 July 2014. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus, a 28-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus and a 52-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 2014
- Saturday, 09:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24301, longitude -0.59668, in the GU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westborough, Guildford, GU2 8DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014450017218
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1999.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3 in Guildford, 24 December 1999
4 m awayRef 199945WG00782
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A3 in Guildford, 28 May 2007
4 m awayRef 200745GU04757
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A3 in Guildford, 22 October 2002
6 m awayRef 200245RG29134
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 4 February 1988, ref 198845WG00056
6 m awayRef 198845WG00056
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3 in Guildford, 17 July 2011
6 m awayRef 201145GU62598
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 4 February 1988, ref 198845WG00055
6 m awayRef 198845WG00055
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2014450017218 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.