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Serious M3 crash in Rushmoor on 10 January 1998 at 09:06 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry crashed on the M3 in Rushmoor at 09:06 on Saturday 10 January 1998. The 49-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jan 1998
Saturday, 09:06
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30235, longitude -0.79789, in the GU14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Rushmoor

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998440AA0030
Council area
Rushmoor
Police force
Hampshire
Highway authority
Hampshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    5,480 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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 1998440AA0030 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rushmoor road accident statistics for 1998.