A323 crash in Guildford on 16 December 2015 at 08:27 involving a Volvo XC90
A Volvo XC90 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A323 in Guildford at 08:27 on Wednesday 16 December 2015. The 38-year-old female driver of the Volvo XC90, the 44-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo and a 12-year-old male passenger in the Volvo XC90 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2015
- Wednesday, 08:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo XC90 and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2574, longitude -0.65627, in the GU3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015450037832
- 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
- 323
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2014.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A323 in Guildford, 29 December 2014
3 m awayRef 2014450021362
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A323 in Guildford, 10 April 2015
3 m awayRef 2015450023333
Slight
Citroen Synergie crash on the A323 in Guildford, 8 March 2008
4 m awayRef 200845GU19391
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A323 in Guildford, 16 October 2007
4 m awayRef 200745GU12372
Serious
Car crash on the A323 in Guildford, 15 September 1989
4 m awayRef 198945WF00282
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A323 in Guildford, 25 June 1980
4 m awayRef 198045FD00163
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo XC90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC90)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo XC90)
- 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 2015450037832 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.