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Fatal A323 crash in Hart on 17 April 1996 at 23:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A323 in Hart at 23:00 on Wednesday 17 April 1996. The 27-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Apr 1996
Wednesday, 23:00
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27476, longitude -0.80864, in the GU51 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hart

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440AA0243
Council area
Hart
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
323
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 slight injury crash on 22 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1996440AA0243 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Hart road accident statistics for 1996.