Serious B3206 crash in Guildford on 10 February 2023 at 18:30 involving a Ford Fusion
A Ford Fusion and a Honda XL125V motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3206 in Guildford at 18:30 on Friday 10 February 2023. The 35-year-old male rider of the Honda XL125V motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Feb 2023
- Friday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fusion and Honda XL125V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.247, longitude -0.7285, in the GU12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ash and Ash Vale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ash South, Guildford, GU12 6QB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Guildford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023451275020
- Council area
- Guildford
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3206
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 2025.
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the B3206 in Guildford, 21 February 2025
7 m awayRef 2025451556748
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A3014 in Guildford, 10 August 1998
7 m awayRef 199845WG00491
Serious
Seat Mii crash on the B3206 in Guildford, 24 September 2018
15 m awayRef 2018450329701
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3014 in Guildford, 1 April 1995
24 m awayRef 199545WG00151
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3014 in Guildford, 17 February 1981
25 m awayRef 198145FD00038
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the B3206 in Guildford, 25 January 2011
26 m awayRef 201145GU58134
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda XL125V
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda XL125V)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2023451275020 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 2023.