A3 crash in Guildford on 15 November 2017 at 17:44 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 17:44 on Wednesday 15 November 2017. The 49-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris and the 35-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 17:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25489, longitude -0.55804, in the GU4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017450243663
- 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
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, lighting unknown
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2014.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A3 in Guildford, 29 December 2014
11 m awayRef 2014450020766
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A3 in Guildford, 4 July 2003
16 m awayRef 200345RW39410
Slight
Yamaha YP 250 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 22 July 2002
27 m awayRef 200245RW25004
Serious
Ford B-Max crash on the A3 in Guildford, 13 January 2022
40 m awayRef 2022451132514
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A3 in Guildford, 5 February 2012
63 m awayRef 201245GU68093
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Guildford, 14 February 1989
81 m awayRef 198945WG00061
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)
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 2017450243663 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 2017.