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A339 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 23 October 1997 at 08:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A339 in Basingstoke and Deane at 08:00 on Thursday 23 October 1997. The 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 1997
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27673, longitude -1.07655, in the RG21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440BB1247
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
339
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
33

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1997440BB1247 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.