A3 crash in Guildford on 10 October 2018 at 06:40 involving a Jaguar XF Series
A Jaguar XF Series, a Citroen Berlingo van and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the A3 in Guildford at 06:40 on Wednesday 10 October 2018. The 39-year-old male driver of the Volvo V70 and the 23-year-old male driver of the Citroen Berlingo van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 2018
- Wednesday, 06:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Jaguar XF Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31315, longitude -0.46368, in the GU23 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Send & Lovelace, Guildford, GU23 6QB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018450334572
- 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
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2008.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 3 December 2008
11 m awayRef 200845GU32028
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A3 in Guildford, 14 March 2011
13 m awayRef 201145GU59224
Slight
Toyota crash on the A3 in Guildford, 25 July 2020
14 m awayRef 2020450967228
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A3 in Guildford, 17 January 2003
19 m awayRef 200345RW32822
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3 in Guildford, 22 April 2017
20 m awayRef 2017450179375
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A3 in Guildford, 20 July 1998
26 m awayRef 199845WG00455
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XF Series
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volvo V70
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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo V70)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018450334572 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.