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Serious unclassified road crash in Basingstoke and Deane RG21 on 17 May 1988 at 17:05 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basingstoke and Deane at 17:05 on Tuesday 17 May 1988. The 42-year-old male driver of the bus or coach and the 19-year-old female driver of the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 May 1988
Tuesday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26782, longitude -1.08705, in the RG21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basingstoke.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1988440BB0333
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1988440BB0333 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 1988.