A25 crash in Guildford on 15 July 2018 at 14:10 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A25 in Guildford at 14:10 on Sunday 15 July 2018. The 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 55-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2018
- Sunday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24381, longitude -0.53595, in the GU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Merrow, Guildford, GU1 2TR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450310190
- 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
- 25
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 2025.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A25 in Guildford, 30 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025451689235
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A25 in Guildford, 8 December 2016
3 m awayRef 2016450137866
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A25 in Guildford, 12 August 2016
6 m awayRef 2016450095906
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A25 in Guildford, 7 June 2022
8 m awayRef 2022451185242
Slight
Car crash on the A246 in Guildford, 15 December 1991
8 m awayRef 199145WG00469
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A25 in Guildford, 29 June 1997
8 m awayRef 199745WG00397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- 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 2018450310190 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.