A340 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 1 November 1992 at 11:20 involving an Austin Metro
Two Austin Metros and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane at 11:20 on Sunday 1 November 1992. The 39-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, a 64-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 64-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 1992
- Sunday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Austin Metro and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.32422, longitude -1.12496, in the RG26 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992440BB1425
- Council area
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Police force
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 340
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 1997.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 8 November 1997
20 m awayRef 1997440BB1331
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 8 November 2020
20 m awayRef 2020440433300
Slight
Car crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 21 August 1981
32 m awayRef 1981440BL0083
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 27 June 2001
41 m awayRef 2001440BB0774
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 13 February 2017
43 m awayRef 2017440055842
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 9 December 2020
46 m awayRef 2020440474759
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)
- 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 1992440BB1425 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 1992.