A31 crash in Guildford on 30 July 2015 at 18:02 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A31 in Guildford at 18:02 on Thursday 30 July 2015. The 39-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 50-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jul 2015
- Thursday, 18:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22803, longitude -0.62643, in the GU3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Onslow, Guildford, GU3 1DD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450027333
- 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
- 31
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A31 in Guildford, 30 June 1998
9 m awayRef 199845WG00394
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in Guildford, 1 April 1985
9 m awayRef 198545WG00123
Serious
Car crash on the A31 in Guildford, 21 September 1982
9 m awayRef 198245GD00337
Serious
Car crash on the A31 in Guildford, 10 November 2003
14 m awayRef 200345GU44811
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A31 in Guildford, 14 June 1995
14 m awayRef 199545WG00301
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A31 in Guildford, 22 February 2012
18 m awayRef 201245GU68429
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2015450027333 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.