A31 crash in Guildford on 2 October 2018 at 19:50 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Hyundai Ioniq were involved in a crash on the A31 in Guildford at 19:50 on Tuesday 2 October 2018. The 37-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2018
- Tuesday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Hyundai Ioniq
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23201, longitude -0.59638, in the GU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Guildford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Onslow, Guildford, GU2 7LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450334541
- 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
- 31
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 slight injury crash on 28 July 2014.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A31 in Guildford, 28 July 2014
2 m awayRef 2014450017419
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A31 in Guildford, 7 October 2014
3 m awayRef 2014450019363
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A31 in Guildford, 9 February 2015
4 m awayRef 2015450021754
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the A31 in Guildford, 17 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025451642972
Slight
Bus crash on the A31 in Guildford, 30 March 1989
5 m awayRef 198945WG00120
Slight
Renault 11 crash on the A31 in Guildford, 17 October 1992
5 m awayRef 199245WG00389
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Ioniq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- 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 2018450334541 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.