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A340 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 21 December 1987 at 07:55 involving a minibus

A minibus and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane at 07:55 on Monday 21 December 1987. The 45-year-old male driver of the minibus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1987
Monday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Minibus and lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32151, longitude -1.12315, in the RG26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987440BL0165
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
340
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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 slight injury crash on 14 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 1987440BL0165 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 1987.