A246 crash in Guildford on 18 January 2018 at 09:00 involving a Toyota Prius
A Toyota Prius and a Ducati 899 Panigale motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A246 in Guildford at 09:00 on Thursday 18 January 2018. The 48-year-old male rider of the Ducati 899 Panigale motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2018
- Thursday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Prius and Ducati 899 Panigale
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23963, longitude -0.57376, in the GU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke, Guildford, GU1 4PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450259980
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2003.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A246 in Guildford, 15 May 2003
5 m awayRef 200345GU37205
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A246 in Guildford, 26 December 2018
16 m awayRef 2018450804998
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A246 in Guildford, 5 June 2025
26 m awayRef 2025451599056
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A246 in Guildford, 1 June 2020
30 m awayRef 2020450958585
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Guildford, 10 May 1993
42 m awayRef 199345WG00272
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Guildford, 12 November 1986
45 m awayRef 198645WG00396
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ducati 899 Panigale
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 955 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Ducati 899 Panigale)
- 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 2018450259980 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 2018.