Serious A247 crash in Guildford on 3 December 2020 at 07:30 involving a Land Rover Range Rover
A Land Rover Range Rover, a Nissan Juke and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A247 in Guildford at 07:30 on Thursday 3 December 2020. A 5-year-old male passenger in the BMW 1 Series, a 5-year-old male passenger in the BMW 1 Series and the 41-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Dec 2020
- Thursday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Range Rover and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25851, longitude -0.50317, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020451003689
- 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
- 247
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2019.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A247 in Guildford, 26 September 2019
13 m awayRef 2019450881584
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A247 in Guildford, 2 January 1996
18 m awayRef 199645WG00002
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A247 in Guildford, 17 June 2011
64 m awayRef 201145GU61645
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A247 in Guildford, 19 July 1982
73 m awayRef 198245GL00126
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A247 in Guildford, 20 June 2000
84 m awayRef 200045WG00342
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A247 in Guildford, 23 May 2016
114 m awayRef 2016450076380
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,367 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 1 Series)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- 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 2020451003689 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 2020.