A3 crash in Guildford on 18 February 2015 at 16:23 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon and a Ford Streetka were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 16:23 on Wednesday 18 February 2015. The 30-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Seat Leon were 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
- 18 Feb 2015
- Wednesday, 16:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Leon and Ford Streetka
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2496, longitude -0.57665, in the GU1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke, Guildford, GU1 1AL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450021991
- 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, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 1991.
Slight
BMW R 80 RT T crash on the A3 in Guildford, 14 March 1991
26 m awayRef 199145WG00088
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 17 April 1991
36 m awayRef 199145WG00125
Slight
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 2 May 1988
37 m awayRef 198845WG00161
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A3 in Guildford, 17 June 1999
46 m awayRef 199945WG00331
Slight
Skoda Kodiaq crash on the A3 in Guildford, 16 December 2023
47 m awayRef 2023451389141
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A3 in Guildford, 11 May 2002
54 m awayRef 200245RW22020
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Streetka
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- 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 2015450021991 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 2015.