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Serious A30 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 2 August 1990 at 05:20 involving an Austin Morris Mini

An Austin Morris Mini and a car were involved in a crash on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane at 05:20 on Thursday 2 August 1990. The 20-year-old male driver of the Austin Morris Mini was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Aug 1990
Thursday, 05:20
Vehicles
2
Austin Morris Mini and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23077, longitude -1.1465, in the RG23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440BB0718
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    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
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

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 1990440BB0718 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 1990.