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Fatal A30 crash in Hart on 4 December 1996 at 12:52 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the A30 in Hart at 12:52 on Wednesday 4 December 1996. A 69-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Dec 1996
Wednesday, 12:52
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30756, longitude -0.89803, in the RG27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hartley Wintney.

Map of where the crash happened in Hart

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440AF0972
Council area
Hart
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 69, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1996440AF0972 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.