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Serious B3006 crash in East Hampshire on 8 May 1997 at 12:10 involving a Dennis bus

A vehicle, a Dennis bus and an Austin Morris Mini were involved in a crash on the B3006 in East Hampshire at 12:10 on Thursday 8 May 1997. The 21-year-old male driver of the Austin Morris Mini was seriously injured and the 47-year-old male driver of the Dennis bus and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 May 1997
Thursday, 12:10
Vehicles
3
Dennis and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03582, longitude -0.87939, in the GU33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hill Brow.

Map of where the crash happened in East Hampshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997440OL0614
Council area
East Hampshire
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3006
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Morris Mini)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1997440OL0614 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hampshire road accident statistics for 1997.