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Serious unclassified road crash in Basingstoke and Deane RG24 on 11 November 1997 at 08:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Basingstoke and Deane at 08:00 on Tuesday 11 November 1997. The 59-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra and a 53-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sierra were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.27201, longitude -1.07019, in the RG24 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440BB1336
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
339

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, 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 1997440BB1336 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.