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Unclassified road crash in Hart RG27 on 21 November 1996 at 16:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hart at 16:15 on Thursday 21 November 1996. The 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 56-year-old male driver of the Mercedes lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 1996
Thursday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Mercedes
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.3221, longitude -0.87659, in the RG27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Hart

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440AF0924
Council area
Hart
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

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

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    5,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

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 1996440AF0924 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.