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A323 crash in Rushmoor on 26 February 1990 at 08:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A323 in Rushmoor at 08:00 on Monday 26 February 1990. The 48-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Feb 1990
Monday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.26458, longitude -0.78067, in the GU11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440AA0085
Council area
Rushmoor
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
323
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1990440AA0085 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 1990.