C road crash in Guildford GU8 on 27 May 2016 at 10:16 involving a Mazda 6
A Mazda 6 and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Guildford at 10:16 on Friday 27 May 2016. The 51-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series and the 60-year-old male driver of the Mazda 6 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2016
- Friday, 10:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 6 and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19527, longitude -0.65583, in the GU8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pilgrims, Guildford, GU7 2FD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450071562
- Council area
- Guildford
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 March 1995.
Serious
Talbot Samba crash on a C road in Guildford, 14 March 1995
At the same spotRef 199545WG00128
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Guildford, 21 January 1988
At the same spotRef 198845WF00016
Serious
Volvo XC60 crash on an unclassified road in Guildford, 16 September 2022
7 m awayRef 2022451220186
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Waverley, 31 July 1982
10 m awayRef 198245FG00255
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Guildford, 16 October 2003
10 m awayRef 200345RW43831
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Guildford, 30 June 1986
10 m awayRef 198645WF00165
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,183 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 6)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2016450071562 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.