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C road crash in Basingstoke and Deane RG19 on 26 November 1997 at 11:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in Basingstoke and Deane at 11:25 on Wednesday 26 November 1997. A 42-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Nov 1997
Wednesday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36162, longitude -1.24016, in the RG19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Basingstoke and Deane

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440BB1435
Council area
Basingstoke and Deane
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 1997440BB1435 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.