Unclassified road crash in Guildford GU4 on 5 May 2018 at 12:37 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008, a BMW 1 Series and two BMW 3 Series cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Guildford at 12:37 on Saturday 5 May 2018. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 May 2018
- Saturday, 12:37
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot 2008 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26329, longitude -0.55103, in the GU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450290544
- Council area
- Guildford
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 June 1997.
Serious
Kawasaki AR125 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 29 June 1997
8 m awayRef 199745WG00396
Serious
Car crash on the A3 in Guildford, 1 December 1990
8 m awayRef 199045WG00457
Fatal
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A3 in Guildford, 17 December 2006
15 m awayRef 200645GU96155
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 20 April 2002
15 m awayRef 200245SR21191
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A3 in Guildford, 6 February 2013
22 m awayRef 2013450003364
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 20 May 2007
24 m awayRef 200745GU04563
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 4: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,979 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 2008)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018450290544 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.