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Serious A246 crash in Guildford on 12 March 2016 at 12:31 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the A246 in Guildford at 12:31 on Saturday 12 March 2016. A 56-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Mar 2016
Saturday, 12:31
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23777, longitude -0.56043, in the GU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle, Guildford, GU1 2EJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016450051487
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
246
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 February 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

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 2016450051487 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 2016.