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Unclassified road crash in Rushmoor GU11 on 21 December 1996 at 12:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Rushmoor at 12:30 on Saturday 21 December 1996. A 5-year-old female passenger in the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1996
Saturday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.24783, longitude -0.76034, in the GU11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aldershot.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440AA0786
Council area
Rushmoor
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1996440AA0786 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 1996.