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Unclassified road crash in Hart RG27 on 9 January 1997 at 08:00 involving a Citroen Xantia

Five vehicles, including a Citroen Xantia and a Honda Civic, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Hart at 08:00 on Thursday 9 January 1997. The 46-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic and the 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jan 1997
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
5
Citroen Xantia and 4 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.31075, longitude -0.874, 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
1997440AA0023
Council area
Hart
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 136 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 5: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Escort)

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 1997440AA0023 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 1997.