A31 crash in Guildford on 28 May 2021 at 17:14 involving a Ford Focus
Two Ford Focus cars and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A31 in Guildford at 17:14 on Friday 28 May 2021. The 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 35-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 May 2021
- Friday, 17:14
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22439, longitude -0.68009, in the GU3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021451050221
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 209 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 2012.
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the A31 in Guildford, 14 May 2012
209 m awayRef 201245GU70394
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the A31 in Guildford, 24 February 1991
220 m awayRef 199145WF00052
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A31 in Guildford, 25 October 2000
231 m awayRef 200045WG00584
Slight
Honda GLR 125 crash on the A31 in Guildford, 15 March 2022
234 m awayRef 2022451154063
Serious
Generic Code 125 crash on the A31 in Guildford, 18 May 2017
237 m awayRef 2017450189567
Slight
Car crash on the A31 in Guildford, 8 August 1987
239 m awayRef 198745WF00196
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021451050221 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 2021.