A322 crash in Guildford on 21 August 2016 at 01:34 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A322 in Guildford at 01:34 on Sunday 21 August 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2016
- Sunday, 01:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27793, longitude -0.61014, in the GU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Worplesdon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3PL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016450098611
- 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
- 322
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2000.
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A322 in Guildford, 8 March 2000
2 m awayRef 200045WG00141
Slight
Car crash on the A322 in Guildford, 1 September 1989
34 m awayRef 198945WG00342
Slight
Car crash on the A322 in Guildford, 22 July 1989
34 m awayRef 198945WG00281
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A322 in Guildford, 14 October 2012
43 m awayRef 201245GU74726
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A322 in Guildford, 13 December 1994
45 m awayRef 199445WG00744
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A322 in Guildford, 27 June 2016
46 m awayRef 2016450082036
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2016450098611 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.