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Serious B3400 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 23 December 1996 at 12:45 involving a Proton Proton

A Proton Proton crashed on the B3400 in Basingstoke and Deane at 12:45 on Monday 23 December 1996. The 81-year-old male driver and a 77-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1996
Monday, 12:45
Vehicles
1
Proton Proton
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23486, longitude -1.30083, in the RG28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996440NA0905
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3400
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Proton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    81 years
    Engine capacity
    1,468 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1996440NA0905 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 1996.