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Serious A339 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 5 June 1990 at 22:30 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane at 22:30 on Tuesday 5 June 1990. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina and a 20-year-old female passenger in the Ford Cortina were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jun 1990
Tuesday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Scania
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3012, longitude -1.18665, in the RG26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440BV0105
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
339
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 June 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    8,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1990440BV0105 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.