Fatal B3349 crash in Hart on 3 December 1997 at 16:20 involving a Mazda 626
A Mazda 626 and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the B3349 in Hart at 16:20 on Wednesday 3 December 1997. The 50-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 106 was killed and the 61-year-old male driver of the Mazda 626 was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 3 Dec 1997
- Wednesday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 626 and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.21183, longitude -0.97133, in the RG29 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Hart
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997440AA1664
- Council area
- Hart
- Police force
- Hampshire
- Highway authority
- Hampshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3349
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 December 2010.
Serious
Rover 75 crash on the B3349 in Hart, 16 December 2010
32 m awayRef 2010440526906
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the B3349 in Hart, 20 November 2019
55 m awayRef 2019440417017
Slight
Car crash on the A32 in Hart, 16 July 1989
61 m awayRef 1989440AL0229
Serious
Car crash on the A32 in Hart, 15 February 1979
71 m awayRef 1979440AL0063
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B3349 in Hart, 19 April 1996
82 m awayRef 1996440AA0247
Slight
Honda crash on the B3349 in Hart, 19 April 1996
122 m awayRef 1996440AA0246
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 626
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)
Casualty 2: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 106)
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 1997440AA1664 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.