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Unclassified road crash in Guildford GU3 on 17 May 2018 at 09:10 involving a DAF Trucks

A DAF Trucks and a Suzuki Vitara were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Guildford at 09:10 on Thursday 17 May 2018. A 75-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Vitara was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 May 2018
Thursday, 09:10
Vehicles
2
DAF Trucks and Suzuki Vitara
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22792, longitude -0.62528, in the GU3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Onslow, Guildford, GU3 1DD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Guildford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018450293633
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
31

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    9,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    2,393 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Vitara)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most 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 2018450293633 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.