A3 crash in East Hampshire on 12 July 1986 at 14:40 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3 in East Hampshire at 14:40 on Saturday 12 July 1986. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, a 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and the 42-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 1986
- Saturday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01533, longitude -0.90996, in the GU31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1986440PR0066
- Council area
- East Hampshire
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 272
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 December 1987.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A3 in East Hampshire, 17 December 1987
At the same spotRef 1987440PP0261
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Slight
Ford KA crash on the A272 in East Hampshire, 4 March 2013
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Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A272 in East Hampshire, 2 August 2014
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Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A272 in East Hampshire, 27 September 2025
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Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A272 in East Hampshire, 16 June 2021
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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
- 42 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 1986440PR0066 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 1986.