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Serious A324 crash in Rushmoor on 15 December 1987 at 16:30 involving a van

A van, a taxi and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A324 in Rushmoor at 16:30 on Tuesday 15 December 1987. The 55-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1987
Tuesday, 16:30
Vehicles
3
Van and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2401, longitude -0.74379, in the GU12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aldershot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987440AA0406
Council area
Rushmoor
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
324
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 3: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 3 (Motor scooter)

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 1987440AA0406 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushmoor road accident statistics for 1987.