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A30 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 30 August 1997 at 11:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane at 11:00 on Saturday 30 August 1997. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Aug 1997
Saturday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.23167, longitude -1.14591, in the RG23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Basingstoke.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440BB1023
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    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 1997440BB1023 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 1997.