Unclassified road crash in Guildford GU4 on 7 June 2018 at 08:04 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Guildford at 08:04 on Thursday 7 June 2018. The 60-year-old male driver of the bus or coach and the 59-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jun 2018
- Thursday, 08:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26602, longitude -0.50503, in the GU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Clandon.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450302052
- Council area
- Guildford
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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 slight injury crash on 31 July 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A247 in Guildford, 31 July 1989
8 m awayRef 198945WG00292
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A247 in Guildford, 9 November 2016
25 m awayRef 2016450125841
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A247 in Guildford, 4 May 2014
31 m awayRef 2014450015096
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A247 in Guildford, 28 March 2009
55 m awayRef 200945GU36715
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A247 in Guildford, 6 December 2007
55 m awayRef 200745GU14869
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A247 in Guildford, 7 June 1999
85 m awayRef 199945WG00329
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 59 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018450302052 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.