A322 crash in Guildford on 29 November 2017 at 07:08 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Mercedes CLK Class were involved in a crash on the A322 in Guildford at 07:08 on Wednesday 29 November 2017. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 07:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Mercedes CLK Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27554, longitude -0.60881, 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
- 2017450246721
- 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
- Urban
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2017.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A322 in Guildford, 30 November 2017
2 m awayRef 2017450246751
Slight
Car crash on the A322 in Guildford, 5 April 1995
6 m awayRef 199545WG00162
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A322 in Guildford, 16 October 2012
6 m awayRef 201245GU74643
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A322 in Guildford, 3 August 1995
9 m awayRef 199545WG00410
Slight
Car crash on the A322 in Guildford, 25 March 1985
9 m awayRef 198545WG00104
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A322 in Guildford, 29 December 1995
10 m awayRef 199545WG00731
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes CLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- 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
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2017450246721 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.