A30 crash in Basingstoke and Deane on 15 November 1997 at 15:15 involving an Austin Montego
An Austin Montego and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane at 15:15 on Saturday 15 November 1997. The 44-year-old female driver of the Austin Montego was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 1997
- Saturday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Montego and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.25517, longitude -1.10249, in the RG21 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997440BB1630
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Unclassified
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 1998.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane, 27 October 1998
20 m awayRef 1998440BB1231
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane, 29 September 2021
22 m awayRef 2021440391804
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A340 in Basingstoke and Deane, 14 December 2006
22 m awayRef 2006440513511
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane, 19 June 2014
23 m awayRef 2014440217438
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Basingstoke and Deane, 9 April 2019
27 m awayRef 2019440122430
Slight
BMW M5 crash on the A30 in Basingstoke and Deane, 20 June 2023
28 m awayRef 2023440245463
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)
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 1997440BB1630 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.