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Serious A339 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 8 July 1984 at 22:15 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane at 22:15 on Sunday 8 July 1984. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Jul 1984
Sunday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
4
3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32672, longitude -1.25121, in the RG20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingsclere.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1984440BL0073
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
339
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 June 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle combination

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 5, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 1984440BL0073 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Basingstoke and Deane road accident statistics for 1984.