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Serious M3 crash in Rushmoor on 14 March 1990 at 15:15 involving a Mazda 626

A Mazda 626 crashed on the M3 in Rushmoor at 15:15 on Wednesday 14 March 1990. The 27-year-old male driver, a 25-year-old female passenger and a 1-year-old male passenger were 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
14 Mar 1990
Wednesday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Mazda 626
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30319, longitude -0.79213, in the GU14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990440FR0113
Council area
Rushmoor
Police force
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1990440FR0113 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.